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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200911-01 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Horde: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: November 06, 2009 |
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Bugs: #285052 |
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ID: 200911-01 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities in the Horde Application Framework can allow |
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for arbitrary files to be overwritten and cross-site scripting attacks. |
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Background |
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Horde is a web application framework written in PHP. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-apps/horde < 3.3.5 >= 3.3.5 |
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2 www-apps/horde-webmail < 1.2.4 >= 1.2.4 |
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3 www-apps/horde-groupware < 1.2.4 >= 1.2.4 |
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3 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Horde: |
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* Stefan Esser of Sektion1 reported an error within the form library |
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when handling image form fields (CVE-2009-3236). |
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* Martin Geisler and David Wharton reported that an error exists in |
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the MIME viewer library when viewing unknown text parts and the |
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preferences system in services/prefs.php when handling number |
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preferences (CVE-2009-3237). |
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Impact |
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A remote authenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to |
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overwrite arbitrary files on the server, provided that the user has |
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write permissions. A remote authenticated attacker could conduct |
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Cross-Site Scripting attacks. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Horde users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =www-apps/horde-3.3.5 |
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All Horde webmail users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =www-apps/horde-webmail-1.2.4 |
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All Horde groupware users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =www-apps/horde-groupware-1.2.4 |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3236 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3236 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2009-3237 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3237 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-01.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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