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Debian DSA-419-1 : phpgroupware - missing filename sanitising, SQL injection
high Nessus Plugin ID 15256
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
The authors of phpgroupware, a web-based groupware system written in PHP, discovered several vulnerabilities. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CAN-2004-0016 In the 'calendar' module, 'save extension' was not enforced for holiday files. As a result, server-side php scripts may be placed in directories that then could be accessed remotely and cause the webserver to execute those. This was resolved by enforcing the extension '.txt' for holiday files.
- CAN-2004-0017
Some SQL injection problems (non-escaping of values used in SQL strings) the 'calendar' and 'infolog' modules.
Additionally, the Debian maintainer adjusted the permissions on world writable directories that were accidentally created by former postinst during the installation.
Solution
Upgrade the phpgroupware, phpgroupware-calendar and phpgroupware-infolog packages.For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.14-0.RC3.2.woody3.
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 15256
File Name: debian_DSA-419.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 9/29/2004
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpgroupware
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2004
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2003
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2004-0016, CVE-2004-0017
DSA: 419