Debian DSA-2263-2 : movabletype-opensource - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55164

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Movable Type, a weblog publishing system, contains several security vulnerabilities :

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code in a logged-in users' web browser.

A remote attacker could read or modify the contents in the system under certain circumstances.

Solution

Upgrade the movabletype-opensource packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 4.2.3-1+lenny3.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 4.3.5+dfsg-2+squeeze2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55164

File Name: debian_DSA-2263.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/17/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:movabletype-opensource, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2011

Reference Information

BID: 48195

DSA: 2263

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