Debian DSA-088-1 : fml - improper character escaping

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-088. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(14925);
  script_version("1.25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/04/02");
  script_bugtraq_id(3623);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"088");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-088-1 : fml - improper character escaping");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The fml (a mailing list package) as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux
 2.2 suffers from a cross-site scripting problem. When generating
 index pages for list archives the `<' and `>' characters were not
 properly escaped for subjects.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-088");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"This has been fixed in version 3.0+beta.20000106-5, and we recommend
that you upgrade your fml package to that version. Upgrading will
automatically regenerate the index pages.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2001/12/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fml");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2025 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"2.2", prefix:"fml", reference:"3.0+beta.20000106-5")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");