GLSA-200805-01 : Horde Application Framework: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32149

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200805-01 (Horde Application Framework: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in the Horde Application Framework:
David Collins, Patrick Pelanne and the HostGator.com LLC support team discovered that the theme preference page does not sanitize POST variables for several options, allowing the insertion of NULL bytes and '..' sequences (CVE-2008-1284).
An error exists in the Horde API allowing users to bypass security restrictions.
Impact :

The first vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to read arbitrary files and by remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary files. The second vulnerability can be exploited by authenticated remote attackers to perform restricted operations.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Horde Application Framework users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/horde-3.1.7' All horde-groupware users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/horde-groupware-1.0.5' All horde-kronolith users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/horde-kronolith-2.1.7' All horde-mnemo users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/horde-mnemo-2.1.2' All horde-nag users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/horde-nag-2.1.4' All horde-webmail users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/horde-webmail-1.0.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200805-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32149

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200805-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 5/9/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:horde, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:horde-groupware, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:horde-kronolith, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:horde-mnemo, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:horde-nag, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:horde-webmail

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1284

CWE: 22

GLSA: 200805-01