Debian DLA-2564-1 : php-horde-text-filter security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 146700

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Alex Birnberg discovered a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Horde Application Framework, more precisely its Text Filter API.
An attacker could take control of a user's mailbox by sending a crafted e-mail.

CVE-2021-26929

An XSS issue was discovered in Horde Groupware Webmail Edition (where the Horde_Text_Filter library is used). The attacker can send a plain text e-mail message, with JavaScript encoded as a link or email that is mishandled by preProcess in Text2html.php, because bespoke use of \x00\x00\x00 and \x01\x01\x01 interferes with XSS defenses.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.5-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your php-horde-text-filter packages.

For the detailed security status of php-horde-text-filter please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/php-horde-text-filter

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected php-horde-text-filter package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 146700

File Name: debian_DLA-2564.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/22/2021

Updated: 1/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26929

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php-horde-text-filter

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26929

Detections

Analytics