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Debian DSA-1829-1 : sork-passwd-h3 - insufficient input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44694

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that sork-passwd-h3, a Horde3 module for users to change their password, is prone to a cross-site scripting attack via the backend parameter.

Solution

Upgrade the sork-passwd-h3 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0-2+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0-2+lenny1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536554

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1829

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44694

File Name: debian_DSA-1829.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:sork-passwd-h3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2360

CWE: 79

DSA: 1829