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Debian DSA-1429-1 : htdig - XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29337

Synopsis

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

Description

Michael Skibbe discovered that htdig, a WWW search system for an intranet or small internet, did not adequately quote values submitted to the search script, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML into specially crafted links.

Solution

Upgrade the htdig package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem was not present.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:3.2.0b6-3.1etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453278

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1429

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29337

File Name: debian_DSA-1429.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6110

CWE: 79

DSA: 1429