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Debian DSA-799-1 : webcalendar - remote code execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 19569

Synopsis

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

Description

A trivially-exploitable bug was discovered in webcalendar that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the HTTP daemon on a system running a vulnerable version.

Solution

Upgrade the webcalendar package immediately.

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

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.45-4sarge2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-799

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19569

File Name: debian_DSA-799.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2005

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2717

DSA: 799