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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71678
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1444-1 (backuppc)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to backuppc
announced via advisory USN-1444-1.

Details:

It was discovered that BackupPC did not properly sanitize its input when
processing RestoreFile error messages, resulting in a cross-site
scripting (XSS) vulnerability. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities,
if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server
request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or
steal confidential data, within the same domain.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
backuppc 3.2.1-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 11.04:
backuppc 3.2.0-3ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
backuppc 3.1.0-9ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
backuppc 3.0.0-4ubuntu1.4

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1444-1

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:H/Au:NR/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-5081
Bugtraq: 20110428 HTB22965: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in BackupPC (Google Search)
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2011/Apr/266
https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_xss_vulnerabilities_in_backuppc.html
http://www.osvdb.org/72055
http://secunia.com/advisories/44385
XForce ISS Database: backuppc-index-xss(67170)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67170
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