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GLSA-200406-15 : Usermin: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14526

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200406-15 (Usermin: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Usermin contains two security vulnerabilities. One fails to properly sanitize email messages that contain malicious HTML or script code and the other could allow an attacker to lock out a valid user by sending an invalid username and password.
 Impact :

 By sending a specially crafted e-mail, an attacker can execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's browser. This can be lead to cookie theft and potentially to compromise of user accounts. Furthermore, an attacker could lock out legitimate users by sending invalid login information.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.

Solution

Usermin users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-admin/usermin-1.080' # emerge '>=app-admin/usermin-1.080'

See Also

http://lwn.net/Articles/89767/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200406-15

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14526

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200406-15.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:usermin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0583, CVE-2004-0588

BID: 10521

GLSA: 200406-15