Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-4249 - Group Spoofing vulnerability in Plone 2.5/2.5.1

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
plone
nessus

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in PlonePAS in Plone 2.5 and 2.5.1, when anonymous member registration is enabled, allows an attacker to "masquerade as a group."

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Plone
2

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_F4FF7434950511DB9DDC0011098B2F36.NASL
descriptionPlone.org reports : PlonePAS-using Plone releases (Plone 2.5 and Plone 2.5.1) has a potential vulnerability that allows a user to masquerade as a group. Please update your sites.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id23954
published2006-12-30
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23954
titleFreeBSD : plone -- user can masquerade as a group (f4ff7434-9505-11db-9ddc-0011098b2f36)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
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# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
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#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
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#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
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#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(23954);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:38");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4249");
  script_bugtraq_id(21460);

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : plone -- user can masquerade as a group (f4ff7434-9505-11db-9ddc-0011098b2f36)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Plone.org reports :

PlonePAS-using Plone releases (Plone 2.5 and Plone 2.5.1) has a
potential vulnerability that allows a user to masquerade as a group.
Please update your sites."
  );
  # http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20061031
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://plone.org/download"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/f4ff7434-9505-11db-9ddc-0011098b2f36.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?035b0dd5"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:plone");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/11/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/12/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/12/30");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"plone>2.5<2.5.1_1")) flag++;

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