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Debian DSA-2467-1 : mahara - insecure defaults

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59061

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Mahara, the portfolio, weblog, and resume builder, had an insecure default with regards to SAML-based authentication used with more than one SAML identity provider. Someone with control over one IdP could impersonate users from other IdP's.

Solution

Upgrade the mahara packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.6-2+squeeze4.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/mahara

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2467

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59061

File Name: debian_DSA-2467.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mahara

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2351

DSA: 2467