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RHEL 4 / 5 : htdig (RHSA-2007:1095)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 29204
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated htdig packages that resolve a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
The ht://Dig system is a complete World Wide Web indexing and searching system for a small domain or intranet.
A cross-site scripting flaw was discovered in a htdig search page. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted URL, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a user's Web browser to execute malicious script in the context of the visited htdig search Web page.
(CVE-2007-6110)
Users of htdig are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patch to resolve this issue.
Solution
Update the affected htdig and / or htdig-web packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 29204
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-1095.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/4/2007
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:htdig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:htdig-web, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-6110
BID: 26610