Debian DSA-1770-1 : imp4 - Insufficient input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36146

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been found in imp4, a webmail component for the horde framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2008-4182 It was discovered that imp4 suffers from a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via the user field in an IMAP session, which allows attackers to inject arbitrary HTML code.

- CVE-2009-0930 It was discovered that imp4 is prone to several cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via several vectors in the mail code allowing attackers to inject arbitrary HTML code.

Solution

Upgrade the imp4 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.3-4etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 4.2-4, which was already included in the lenny release.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36146

File Name: debian_DSA-1770.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/14/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imp4, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4182, CVE-2009-0930

BID: 31168, 33492

CWE: 79

DSA: 1770

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