Debian DLA-532-1 : movabletype-opensource security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91860

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a SQL injection vulnerability in the XML-RPC interface in MovableType, a blogging engine.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in movabletype-opensource version 5.1.4+dfsg-4+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your movabletype-opensource packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91860

File Name: debian_DLA-532.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/28/2016

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5742

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