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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200612-14 ] Trac: Cross-site request forgery
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:58:49
Message-Id: 200612122328.13544.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200612-14
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: Trac: Cross-site request forgery
9 Date: December 12, 2006
10 Bugs: #154574
11 ID: 200612-14
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15 Synopsis
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18 Trac allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized actions as other
19 users.
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21 Background
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24 Trac is a wiki and issue tracking system for software development
25 projects.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-apps/trac < 0.10.1 >= 0.10.1
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35 Description
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38 Trac allows users to perform certain tasks via HTTP requests without
39 performing correct validation on those requests.
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41 Impact
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44 An attacker could entice an authenticated user to browse to a specially
45 crafted URL, allowing the attacker to execute actions in the Trac
46 instance as if they were the user.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Trac users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/trac-0.10.1"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-5848
65 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5848
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2006-5878
67 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5878
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-14.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5