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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-23 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Low |
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Title: SnipSnap: HTTP response splitting |
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Date: September 17, 2004 |
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Bugs: #64154 |
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ID: 200409-23 |
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Synopsis |
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SnipSnap is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks such as web |
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cache poisoning, cross-user defacement, and cross-site scripting. |
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Background |
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SnipSnap is a user friendly content management system with features |
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such as wiki and weblog. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-java/snipsnap-bin < 1.0_beta1 >= 1.0_beta1 |
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Description |
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SnipSnap contains various HTTP response splitting vulnerabilities that |
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could potentially compromise the sites data. Some of these attacks |
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include web cache poisoning, cross-user defacement, hijacking pages |
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with sensitive user information, and cross-site scripting. This |
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vulnerability is due to the lack of illegal input checking in the |
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software. |
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Impact |
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A malicious user could inject and execute arbitrary script code, |
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potentially compromising the 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 SnipSnap users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0_beta1" |
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# emerge ">=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0beta1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] SnipSnap Release Notes |
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http://snipsnap.org/space/start/2004-09-14/1#SnipSnap_1.0b1_(uttoxeter)_released |
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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-200409-23.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/1.0 |