GLSA-200501-45 : Gallery: XSS vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16436

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-200501-45 (Gallery: XSS vulnerability)

Rafel Ivgi has discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability where the 'username' parameter is not properly sanitized in 'login.php'.
Impact :

By sending a carefully crafted URL, an attacker can inject and execute script code in the victim's browser window, and potentially compromise the user's gallery.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Gallery users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/gallery-1.4.4_p6' Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use webapp-config to finalize the update.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16436

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-45.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0220

GLSA: 200501-45

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