GLSA-200606-28 : Horde Web Application Framework: XSS vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21774

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-28 (Horde Web Application Framework: XSS vulnerability)

Michael Marek discovered that the Horde Web Application Framework performs insufficient input sanitizing.
Impact :

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary scripts running in the context of the victim's browser.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All horde users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/horde-3.1.1-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-28

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21774

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200606-28.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 6/29/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:horde, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2195

GLSA: 200606-28