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Debian DSA-1267-1 : webcalendar - missing input sanitising

high Nessus Plugin ID 24834

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that WebCalendar, a PHP-based calendar application, insufficiently protects an internal variable, which allows remote file inclusion.

Solution

Upgrade the webcalendar package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.45-4sarge6.

The upcoming stable distribution (etch) no longer contains webcalendar packages.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1267

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24834

File Name: debian_DSA-1267.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/18/2007

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:webcalendar

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1343

DSA: 1267