Debian DSA-2500-1 : mantis - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 59778

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Mantis, an issue tracking system.

- CVE-2012-1118 Mantis installation in which the private_bug_view_threshold configuration option has been set to an array value do not properly enforce bug viewing restrictions.

- CVE-2012-1119 Copy/clone bug report actions fail to leave an audit trail.

- CVE-2012-1120 The delete_bug_threshold/bugnote_allow_user_edit_delete access check can be bypassed by users who have write access to the SOAP API.

- CVE-2012-1122 Mantis performed access checks incorrectly when moving bugs between projects.

- CVE-2012-1123 A SOAP client sending a null password field can authenticate as the Mantis administrator.

- CVE-2012-2692 Mantis does not check the delete_attachments_threshold permission when a user attempts to delete an attachment from an issue.

Solution

Upgrade the mantis packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.8+dfsg-10squeeze2.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1118

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1119

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1120

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1122

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1123

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2692

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2500

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59778

File Name: debian_DSA-2500.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2012

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: 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mantis

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1118, CVE-2012-1119, CVE-2012-1120, CVE-2012-1122, CVE-2012-1123, CVE-2012-2692

BID: 52313, 53907, 53921

DSA: 2500