Executive Summary



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Summary
Title New slash packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name DSA-1633 First vendor Publication 2008-09-01
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2008-09-01
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

It has been discovered that Slash, the Slashdot Like Automated Storytelling Homepage suffers from two vulnerabilities related to insufficient input sanitation, leading to execution of SQL commands (CVE-2008-2231) and cross-site scripting (CVE-2008-2553).

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.6-8etch1.

In the unstable distribution (sid), the slash package is currently uninstallable and will be removed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your slash package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1633

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-89 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20330
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20330
Title: DSA-1633-1 slash - multiple vulnerabilities
Description: It has been discovered that Slash, the Slashdot Like Automated Storytelling Homepage suffers from two vulnerabilities related to insufficient input sanitation, leading to execution of SQL commands (<a href="http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2231">CVE-2008-2231</a>) and cross-site scripting (<a href="http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2553">CVE-2008-2553</a>).
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1633-1
CVE-2008-2231
CVE-2008-2553
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): slash
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8143
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8143
Title: DSA-1633 slash -- SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting
Description: It has been discovered that Slash, the Slashdot Like Automated Storytelling Homepage suffers from two vulnerabilities related to insufficient input sanitation, leading to execution of SQL commands (CVE-2008-2231) and cross-site scripting (CVE-2008-2553).
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1633
CVE-2008-2231
CVE-2008-2553
Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): slash
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1633-1 (slash)
File : nvt/deb_1633_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
46253 Slash userfield Parameter XSS

46252 Slash id Parameter SQL Injection

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-09-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1633.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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