Debian DSA-2327-1 : libfcgi-perl - authentication bypass

high Nessus Plugin ID 56623

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Synopsis

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

Description

Ferdinand Smit discovered that FCGI, a Perl module for writing FastCGI applications, is incorrectly restoring environment variables of a prior request in subsequent requests. In some cases this may lead to authentication bypasses or worse.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the libfcgi-perl packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.71-1+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56623

File Name: debian_DSA-2327.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/25/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2766

BID: 49549

DSA: 2327

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