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Debian DSA-768-1 : phpbb2 - missing input validation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19317

Synopsis

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

Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been detected in phpBB2, a fully featured and skinnable flat webforum software, that allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via nested tags.

Solution

Upgrade the phpbb2 packages.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain phpbb2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.13-6sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=317739

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-768

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19317

File Name: debian_DSA-768.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: 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:3.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpbb2

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2161

DSA: 768