FreeBSD : phpmyadmin -- XSS vulnerability (58247a96-01c8-11da-bc08-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19343

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

A phpMyAdmin security announcement reports :

The convcharset parameter was not correctly validated, opening the door to a XSS attack.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111264361622660

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2005-3/

http://www.nessus.org/u?7052b7e8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19343

File Name: freebsd_pkg_58247a9601c811dabc080001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Published: 8/1/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:phpmyadmin, 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: 7/31/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0992

BID: 12982