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Debian DSA-1554-2 : roundup - insufficient input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32034

Synopsis

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

Description

Roundup, an issue tracking system, fails to properly escape HTML input, allowing an attacker to inject client-side code (typically JavaScript) into a document that may be viewed in the victim's browser.

Solution

Upgrade the roundup packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-5+etch2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=472643

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1554

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32034

File Name: debian_DSA-1554.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

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:roundup, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1474

CWE: 200

DSA: 1554