FreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- XSS attack in database search (753f8185-5ba9-42a4-be02-3f55ee580093)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 50838

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

phpMyAdmin team reports :

It was possible to conduct a XSS attack using spoofed request on the db search script.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152685

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152686

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2010-8/

http://www.nessus.org/u?0088aa48

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 50838

File Name: freebsd_pkg_753f81855ba942a4be023f55ee580093.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 11/30/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:freebsd:freebsd:phpmyadmin, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:phpmyadmin211, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4329