RHEL 4 : htdig (RHSA-2005:090)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17182

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated htdig packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The ht://Dig system is a Web search and indexing system for a small domain or intranet.

Michael Krax reported a cross-site scripting bug affecting htdig. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted URL which can cause a web browser to execute malicious script once visited. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-0085 to this issue.

Users of htdig should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch, and are not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected htdig and / or htdig-web packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0085

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:090

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17182

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-090.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:htdig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:htdig-web, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0085

RHSA: 2005:090