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Amazon Linux 2 : doxygen (ALAS-2020-1508)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 141957
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of doxygen installed on the remote host is prior to 1.8.5-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1508 advisory.Insufficient sanitization of the query parameter in templates/html/search_opensearch.php could lead to reflected cross-site scripting or iframe injection. (CVE-2016-10245)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update doxygen' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 141957
File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1508.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 10/28/2020
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10245
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:doxygen-latex, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:doxygen-doxywizard, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:doxygen-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:doxygen
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-10245
BID: 108476
ALAS: 2020-1508