Debian DSA-3183-1 : movabletype-opensource - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 81793

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Movable Type, a blogging system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2013-2184 Unsafe use of Storable::thaw in the handling of comments to blog posts could allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local Perl files or possibly remotely execute arbitrary code.

- CVE-2014-9057 Netanel Rubin from Check Point Software Technologies discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in the XML-RPC interface allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.

- CVE-2015-1592 The Perl Storable::thaw function is not properly used, allowing remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local Perl files and possibly remotely execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the movabletype-opensource packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 5.1.4+dfsg-4+deb7u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81793

File Name: debian_DSA-3183.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/13/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:movabletype-opensource, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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: 3/12/2015

Exploitable With

Metasploit (SixApart MovableType Storable Perl Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2184, CVE-2014-9057, CVE-2015-1592

DSA: 3183

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