Debian DSA-1119-1 : hiki - design flaw

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22661

Synopsis

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

Description

Akira Tanaka discovered a vulnerability in Hiki Wiki, a Wiki engine written in Ruby that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via high CPU consumption using by performing a diff between large and specially crafted Wiki pages.

Solution

Upgrade the hiki package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.5-2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22661

File Name: debian_DSA-1119.nasl

Version: 1.17

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hiki, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3379

BID: 18785

DSA: 1119

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