FreeBSD : coppermine -- IP spoofing and XSS vulnerability (756db070-b9d4-11d9-ae81-000ae42e9b93)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18985

Synopsis

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

Description

GHC team reports about coppermine

The lack of sanitizing of user defined variables may result in undesirable consequences such as IP spoofing or XSS attack.

Generally users of Coppermine Gallery can post comments. Remote address & x-forwarded-for variables are logged for admin's eyes.
X-Forwarded-for variable does not pass throu any filtration before logging into database. User can define/redefine this variable.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18985

File Name: freebsd_pkg_756db070b9d411d9ae81000ae42e9b93.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:coppermine, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1172

BID: 13218

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