4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
7.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
46.0%
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702596");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-6453");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-09-18 09:53:02 +0000 (Wed, 18 Sep 2013)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2596-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB6");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-2596-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2012/DSA-2596-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2596");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mediawiki-extensions' package(s) announced via the DSA-2596-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Thorsten Glaser discovered that the RSSReader extension for MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, does not properly escape tags in feeds. This could allow a malicious feed to inject JavaScript into the MediaWiki pages.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3squeeze2.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11.
We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki-extensions packages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'mediawiki-extensions' package(s) on Debian 6.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB6") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-base", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-collection", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-confirmedit", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-fckeditor", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-geshi", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-graphviz", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-ldapauth", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-openid", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);