Debian DSA-1423-1 : sitebar - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 29258

Synopsis

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

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in sitebar, a web-based bookmark manager written in PHP. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2007-5491 A directory traversal vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticated users to chmod arbitrary files to 0777 via '..' sequences in the 'lang' parameter.

- CVE-2007-5492 A static code injection vulnerability in the translation module allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary PHP code via the 'value' parameter.

- CVE-2007-5693 An eval injection vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via the'edit' parameter in an 'upd cmd' action.

- CVE-2007-5694 A path traversal vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via an absolute path in the 'dir' parameter.

- CVE-2007-5695 An error in command.php allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites via the 'forward' parameter in a 'Log In' action.

- CVE-2007-5692 Multiple cross site scripting flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML fragments into several scripts.

Solution

Upgrade the sitebar package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.6-7.1sarge1.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.3.8-7etch1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5692

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1423

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=447135

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448690

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448689

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5491

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5492

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5693

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5694

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5695

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29258

File Name: debian_DSA-1423.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/11/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sitebar, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5491, CVE-2007-5492, CVE-2007-5692, CVE-2007-5693, CVE-2007-5694, CVE-2007-5695

CWE: 22, 59, 79, 94

DSA: 1423