FreeBSD : mod_perl -- XSS (4a638895-41b7-11de-b1cc-00219b0fc4d8)

low Nessus Plugin ID 38802

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Secunia reports :

Certain input passed to the 'Apache::Status' and 'Apache2::Status' modules is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected website.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?febf188e

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 38802

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4a63889541b711deb1cc00219b0fc4d8.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/18/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mod_perl, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mod_perl2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0796

CWE: 79

Secunia: 34597