CVE-2013-6765

Description

OpenVAS Manager 3.0 before 3.0.7 and 4.0 before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to bypass the OMP authentication restrictions and execute OMP commands via a crafted OMP request for version information, which causes the state to be set to CLIENT_AUTHENTIC, as demonstrated by the omp_xml_handle_end_element function in omp.c.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.88% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory intevation.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/openvas-announce/2013-November/000157.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/10/2 mailing list
http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20131108.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-6765?
CVE-2013-6765 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-6765?
To fix CVE-2013-6765, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-6765 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-6765 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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