Debian DSA-2610-1 : ganglia - arbitrary script execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 63640

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Synopsis

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

Description

Insufficient input sanitization in Ganglia, a web-based monitoring system, could lead to remote PHP script execution with permissions of the user running the web server.

Solution

Upgrade the ganglia packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.7-1+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63640

File Name: debian_DSA-2610.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/22/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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:ganglia

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3448

BID: 54699

DSA: 2610

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