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Debian DSA-3784-1 : viewvc - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 97089

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Synopsis

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

Description

Thomas Gerbet discovered that viewvc, a web interface for CVS and Subversion repositories, did not properly sanitize user input. This problem resulted in a potential Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade the viewvc packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.22-1+deb8u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854681

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 97089

File Name: debian_DSA-3784.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5938

DSA: 3784