FreeBSD : Wagtail -- potential timing attack vulnerability (d5fead4f-8efa-11ea-a5c8-08002728f74c)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 136387

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Synopsis

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

Description

Wagtail release notes :

CVE-2020-11037: Potential timing attack on password-protected private pages

This release addresses a potential timing attack on pages or documents that have been protected with a shared password through Wagtail's 'Privacy' controls. This password check is performed through a character-by-character string comparison, and so an attacker who is able to measure the time taken by this check to a high degree of accuracy could potentially use timing differences to gain knowledge of the password. (This is understood to be feasible on a local network, but not on the public internet.)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 136387

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d5fead4f8efa11eaa5c808002728f74c.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 5/7/2020

Updated: 3/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11037

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py37-wagtail, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py36-wagtail, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py38-wagtail, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py35-wagtail

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11037

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