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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54442
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-768-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'phpbb2' package(s) announced via the DSA-768-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'phpbb2' package(s) announced via the DSA-768-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been detected in phpBB2, a fully featured and skinnable flat webforum software, that allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via nested tags.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain phpbb2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.13-6sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.13-6sarge1.

We recommend that you upgrade your phpbb2 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'phpbb2' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2161
Bugtraq: 20050705 XSS in nested tag in phpbb 2.0.16 (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112059951605939&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-768 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-768
http://www.securitylab.ru/55612.html
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