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Debian DSA-766-1 : webcalendar - authorisation failure

high Nessus Plugin ID 19315

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in webcalendar, a PHP based multi-user calendar, that can lead to the disclosure of sensitive information to unauthorised parties.

Solution

Upgrade the webcalendar package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain the webcalendar package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.45-4sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315671

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-766

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19315

File Name: debian_DSA-766.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webcalendar

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2320

BID: 14072

DSA: 766