Debian DSA-2438-1 : raptor - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58436

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Raptor, a RDF parser and serializer library, allows file inclusion through XML entities, resulting in information disclosure.

Solution

Upgrade the raptor packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.21-2+squeeze1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2438

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58436

File Name: debian_DSA-2438.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:raptor, 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: 3/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0037

BID: 52681

DSA: 2438