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Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1946-1)

🗓️ 06 Oct 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'novnc' package(s) announced via the DLA-1946-1 advisory. An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name. For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1. Please install the updated package(s)

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25 Sep 201922:59
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[SECURITY] [DLA 1946-1] novnc security update
5 Oct 201914:40
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[SECURITY] [DLA 2854-1] novnc security update
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Debian DLA-1946-1 : novnc security update
7 Oct 201900:00
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891946");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-18635");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-10-06 02:00:06 +0000 (Sun, 06 Oct 2019)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:07+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:07 +0000 (Fri, 02 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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-09-26 21:06:29 +0000 (Thu, 26 Sep 2019)");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1946-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 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=DEB8");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DLA-1946-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2019/DLA-1946-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wiki.debian.org/LTS");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'novnc' package(s) announced via the DLA-1946-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your novnc packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'novnc' package(s) on Debian 8.");

  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 == "DEB8") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"novnc", ver:"1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1", rls:"DEB8"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-novnc", ver:"1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1", rls:"DEB8"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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