Debian DSA-1002-1 : webcalendar - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22544

Synopsis

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

Description

Several security related problems have been discovered in webcalendar, a PHP based multi-user calendar. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities :

- CVE-2005-3949 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.

- CVE-2005-3961 Missing input sanitising allows an attacker to overwrite local files.

- CVE-2005-3982 A CRLF injection vulnerability allows remote attackers to modify HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the webcalendar package.

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

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.9.45-4sarge3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22544

File Name: debian_DSA-1002.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2006

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

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3949, CVE-2005-3961, CVE-2005-3982

BID: 15606, 15608, 15662, 15673

DSA: 1002

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