Fedora 18 : drupal6-context-3.3-1.fc18 (2013-21298)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71061

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2013-4445/CVE-2013-4446

Context, a drupal module, which allows you to manage contextual conditions and reactions for different portions of your site, was found to have two severe security issues.

First issue is that the module allows execution of PHP code via manipulation of a URL argument in a path used for AJAX operations when running in a configuration without a json_decode function provided by PHP or the PECL JSON library. The vulnerability is

This vulnerability is only exploitable on a server running a PHP version prior to 5.2 that does not have the json library installed.

Second issue is that the module uses Drupal's token scheme to restrict access to the json rendering of a block. This control mechanism is insufficient as Drupal's token scheme is designed to provide security between two different sessions (or a session and a non authenticated user) and is not designed to provide security within a session. The vulnerability is mitigated by needing blocks that have sensitive information.

The suggested fix is to update Drupal6-context to 6.x-3.2 and Drupal7-context to 7.x-3.0.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected drupal6-context package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71061

File Name: fedora_2013-21298.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 11/25/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:drupal6-context, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2013

Reference Information

BID: 56993

FEDORA: 2013-21298

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