GLSA-200612-14 : Trac: Cross-site request forgery

high Nessus Plugin ID 23866

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-200612-14 (Trac: Cross-site request forgery)

Trac allows users to perform certain tasks via HTTP requests without performing correct validation on those requests.
Impact :

An attacker could entice an authenticated user to browse to a specially crafted URL, allowing the attacker to execute actions in the Trac instance as if they were the user.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Trac users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/trac-0.10.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200612-14

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23866

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200612-14.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 12/14/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:trac, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5878

GLSA: 200612-14