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Debian DSA-1593-1 : tomcat5.5 - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33174

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the Host Manager web application performed insufficient input sanitising, which could lead to cross-site scripting.

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat5.5 packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.5.20-2etch3.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1593

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33174

File Name: debian_DSA-1593.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/16/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat5.5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1947

CWE: 79

DSA: 1593