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Debian DSA-2259-1 : fex - authentication bypass

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55066

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that F*EX, a web service for transferring very large files, is not properly validating authentication IDs. While the service properly validates existing authentication IDs, an attacker who is not specifying any authentication ID at all can bypass the authentication procedure.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) does not include fex.

Solution

Upgrade the fex packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 20100208+debian1-1+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/fex

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2259

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55066

File Name: debian_DSA-2259.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fex

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1409

DSA: 2259