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GLSA-200502-16 : ht://Dig: XSS vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16453

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-200502-16 (ht://Dig: XSS vulnerability)

 Michael Krax discovered that ht://Dig fails to validate the 'config' parameter before displaying an error message containing the parameter. This flaw could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
 Impact :

 By sending a carefully crafted message, an attacker can inject and execute script code in the victim's browser window. This allows to modify the behaviour of ht://Dig, and/or leak session information such as cookies to the attacker.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ht://Dig users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-misc/htdig-3.1.6-r7'

See Also

http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Feb/1013078.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-16

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16453

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-16.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0085

GLSA: 200502-16