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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-35:02 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Low |
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Title: phpWebSite: HTTP response splitting vulnerability |
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Date: November 26, 2004 |
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Updated: November 26, 2004 |
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Bugs: #71502 |
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ID: 200411-35:02 |
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Synopsis |
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phpWebSite is vulnerable to possible HTTP response splitting attacks. |
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Background |
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phpWebSite is a web site content management system. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-apps/phpwebsite < 0.9.3_p4-r2 >= 0.9.3_p4-r2 |
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Description |
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Due to lack of proper input validation, phpWebSite has been found to be |
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vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks. |
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Impact |
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A malicious user could inject arbitrary response data, leading to |
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content spoofing, web cache poisoning and other cross-site scripting or |
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HTTP response splitting attacks. This could result in compromising the |
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victim's data or browser. |
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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 phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/phpwebsite-0.9.3_p4-r2" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] BugTraq Posting |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/380894 |
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[ 2 ] phpWebSite Announcement |
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http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=863 |
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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-200411-35.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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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 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/2.0 |