Debian DSA-820-1 : courier - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19789

Synopsis

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

Description

Jakob Balle discovered that with 'Conditional Comments' in Internet Explorer it is possible to hide JavaScript code in comments that will be executed when the browser views a malicious email via sqwebmail.
Successful exploitation requires that the user is using Internet Explorer.

Solution

Upgrade the sqwebmail package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.37.3-2.7.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.47-4sarge3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19789

File Name: debian_DSA-820.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:courier, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2820

DSA: 820

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