Debian DSA-1208-1 : bugzilla - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 23657

Synopsis

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

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Bugzilla bug tracking system, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2005-4534 Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that insecure temporary file usage may lead to denial of service through a symlink attack.

- CVE-2006-5453 Several cross-site scripting vulnerabilities may lead to injection of arbitrary web script code.

Solution

Upgrade the bugzilla packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.16.7-7sarge2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 2.22.1-1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23657

File Name: debian_DSA-1208.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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:bugzilla

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4534, CVE-2006-5453

DSA: 1208

Detections

Analytics