Debian DSA-1467-1 : mantis - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 30023

Synopsis

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

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mantis, a web-based bug tracking system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2006-6574 Custom fields were not appropriately protected by per-item access control, allowing for sensitive data to be published.

- CVE-2007-6611 Multiple cross site scripting issues allowed a remote attacker to insert malicious HTML or web script into Mantis web pages.

Solution

Upgrade the mantis package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 0.19.2-5sarge5.

The stable distribution (etch) is not affected by these problems.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 30023

File Name: debian_DSA-1467.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/21/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6574, CVE-2007-6611

BID: 27045

CWE: 79

DSA: 1467

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