Debian DSA-711-1 : info2www - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18086

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Nicolas Gregoire discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in info2www, a converter for info files to HTML. A malicious person could place a harmless looking link on the web that could cause arbitrary commands to be executed in the browser of the victim user.

Solution

Upgrade the info2www package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2.9-20woody1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18086

File Name: debian_DSA-711.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/19/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:info2www

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1341

DSA: 711

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