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GLSA-200411-35 : phpWebSite: HTTP response splitting vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15837

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-200411-35 (phpWebSite: HTTP response splitting vulnerability)

 Due to lack of proper input validation, phpWebSite has been found to be vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks.
 Impact :

 A malicious user could inject arbitrary response data, leading to content spoofing, web cache poisoning and other cross-site scripting or HTTP response splitting attacks. This could result in compromising the victim's data or browser.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/phpwebsite-0.9.3_p4-r2'

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/380894

http://www.nessus.org/u?26836ccd

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-35

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15837

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200411-35.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 11/27/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1516

GLSA: 200411-35