Bug 1300683 (CVE-2016-1926) - CVE-2016-1926 openvas-gsa: XSS vulnerability due to improper handling of the parameters of get_aggregate command
Summary: CVE-2016-1926 openvas-gsa: XSS vulnerability due to improper handling of the ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2016-1926
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1300684 1300685
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-01-21 13:05 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:28 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: openvas-gsa 6.0.8
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2019-05-30 11:12:59 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-01-21 13:05:03 UTC 
It was reported that openvas-gsa is vulnerable to cross-site scripting due to improper handling of parameters of get_aggregate command. If the attacker has access to a session token of the browser session, the cross site scripting can be executed. Affects versions >= 6.0.0 and < 6.0.8.

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http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20160113.html
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-01-21 13:05:37 UTC 
Created openvas-gsa tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1300684]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1300685]
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2016-05-01 23:52:12 UTC 
openvas-cli-1.4.4-1.fc23, openvas-gsa-6.0.10-3.fc23, openvas-libraries-8.0.7-2.fc23, openvas-manager-6.0.8-2.fc23, openvas-scanner-5.0.5-3.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-05-08 15:20:40 UTC 
openvas-cli-1.4.4-1.fc22, openvas-gsa-6.0.10-3.fc22, openvas-libraries-8.0.7-2.fc22, openvas-manager-6.0.8-2.fc22, openvas-scanner-5.0.5-3.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2016-06-03 13:18:31 UTC 
openvas-cli-1.4.4-1.el7, openvas-gsa-6.0.10-3.el7, openvas-libraries-8.0.7-2.el7, openvas-manager-6.0.8-2.el7, openvas-scanner-5.0.5-3.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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