Debian DSA-2470-1 : wordpress - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 59093

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were identified in WordPress, a web blogging tool. As the CVEs were allocated from releases announcements and specific fixes are usually not identified, it has been decided to upgrade the wordpress package to the latest upstream version instead of backporting the patches.

This means extra care should be taken when upgrading, especially when using third-party plugins or themes, since compatibility may have been impacted along the way. We recommend that users check their install before doing the upgrade.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), those problems have been fixed in version 3.3.2+dfsg-1~squeeze1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670124

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 59093

File Name: debian_DSA-2470.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress, 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: 5/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3122, CVE-2011-3125, CVE-2011-3126, CVE-2011-3127, CVE-2011-3128, CVE-2011-3129, CVE-2011-3130, CVE-2011-4956, CVE-2011-4957, CVE-2012-2399, CVE-2012-2400, CVE-2012-2401, CVE-2012-2402, CVE-2012-2403, CVE-2012-2404

BID: 73868

DSA: 2470