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Debian DSA-3571-1 : ikiwiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91023

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Synopsis

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

Description

Simon McVittie discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the error reporting of Ikiwiki, a wiki compiler. This update also hardens ikiwiki's use of imagemagick in the img plugin.

Solution

Upgrade the ikiwiki packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.20141016.3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/ikiwiki

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3571

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91023

File Name: debian_DSA-3571.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ikiwiki, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4561

DSA: 3571