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From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200803-04 ] Mantis: Cross-Site Scripting
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:09:45
Message-Id: 47CC70AD.1050405@gentoo.org
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10 Severity: Low
11 Title: Mantis: Cross-Site Scripting
12 Date: March 03, 2008
13 Bugs: #203791
14 ID: 200803-04
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18 Synopsis
19 ========
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21 A persistent Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been discovered in
22 Mantis.
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24 Background
25 ==========
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27 Mantis is a web-based bug tracking system.
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29 Affected packages
30 =================
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33 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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35 1 www-apps/mantisbt < 1.0.8-r1 >= 1.0.8-r1
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37 Description
38 ===========
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40 seiji reported that the filename for the uploaded file in
41 bug_report.php is not properly sanitised before being stored.
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43 Impact
44 ======
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46 A remote attacker could upload a file with a specially crafted to a bug
47 report, resulting in the execution of arbitrary HTML and script code
48 within the context of the users's browser. Note that this vulnerability
49 is only exploitable by authenticated users.
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51 Workaround
52 ==========
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
57 ==========
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59 All Mantis users should upgrade to the latest version:
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61 # emerge --sync
62 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mantisbt-1.0.8-r1"
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64 References
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67 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6611
68 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6611
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-04.xml
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78 Concerns?
79 =========
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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