FreeBSD : twiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (f98dea27-d687-11dd-abd1-0050568452ac)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 35286

Synopsis

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

Description

Marc Schoenefeld and Steve Milner of RedHat SRT and Peter Allor of IBM ISS report :

XSS vulnerability with URLPARAM variable

SEARCH variable allows arbitrary shell command execution

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-5304

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-5305

http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Dec/1021351.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Dec/1021352.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?c44fa8e8

http://www.nessus.org/u?e139abf3

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 35286

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f98dea27d68711ddabd10050568452ac.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 1/2/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:twiki, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5304, CVE-2008-5305

BID: 32668, 32669

CWE: 79, 94

Secunia: 33040