RHEL 4 / 5 : htdig (RHSA-2007:1095)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29204

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated htdig packages that resolve a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

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

The ht://Dig system is a complete World Wide Web indexing and searching system for a small domain or intranet.

A cross-site scripting flaw was discovered in a htdig search page. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted URL, which once visited by an unsuspecting user, could cause a user's Web browser to execute malicious script in the context of the visited htdig search Web page.
(CVE-2007-6110)

Users of htdig are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

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

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-6110

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1095

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29204

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-1095.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2007

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: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:htdig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:htdig-web, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6110

BID: 26610

CWE: 79

RHSA: 2007:1095