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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1937-1] New gforge packages fix cross-site scripting (1

    From Steffen Joeris@1:229/2 to All on Sat Nov 21 06:40:01 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1937-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Steffen Joeris
    November 21, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : gforge
    Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitising
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2009-3303


    It was discovered that gforge, collaborative development tool, is prone
    to a cross-site scripting attack via the helpname parameter. Beside
    fixing this issue, the update also introduces some additional input
    sanitising. However, there are no known attack vectors.


    For the stable distribution (lenny), these problem have been fixed in
    version 4.7~rc2-7lenny2.

    The oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
    version 4.5.14-22etch12.

    For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution
    (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.8.1-3.


    We recommend that you upgrade your gforge packages.


    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Debian (oldstable)
    - ------------------

    Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch12.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 203139 67406308953934e8d68ca1cd97154023
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch12.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 953 2176dd5939538d180d60637d77260f19
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 2161141 e85f82eff84ee073f80a2a52dd32c8a5

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-web-apache_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 705438 d40c97c6f0d0823b966b48b9b1b7eb6f
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 80534 c86b0696f707df2df400ef46838a2505
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-common_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1011566 644f57ac3a902d69369806763b29e484
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-dns-bind9_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 104034 43bb51625ea030e4bca2a1753720acd0
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-ldap_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 86598 801eb1462e783877698f8181e93c7d37
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-postgresql_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 87402 9601350198b4a1c4946b26cbfc0089f0
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 88868 9c73567d60ede088fe7c952c0d575a22
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-lists-mailman_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 82348 ad231cb698733f3c3ce6cb65357aacee
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ftp-proftpd_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 86318 448d7f114da5ef2188aa56f8dcd130f4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ldap-openldap_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 95726 d6557e0016666a5e9c53f38fed49c322
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-postfix_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 88766 c78075b8eab9c9b3ead54716d10cf370
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim4_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 89386 2837d3a26850e5622294eb44aa49f3e2
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-db-postgresql_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 212746 1c48e12e5e61d5f56edd0de46884af52
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-courier_4.5.14-22etch12_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 76334 4e63c7735c92764d82dfdf4f742be2cb


    Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
    - --------------------------------

    Debian (stable)
    - ---------------

    Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.7~rc2-7lenny2.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1487 0b1ce8a3757f45818006361e1eeb8140
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.7~rc2-7lenny2.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 104727 3ce01d7387d05990a61a28e831a62f7b
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.7~rc2.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 10225404 bd24808ce79363d4c7c529778f6f5324

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim4_4.7~rc2-7lenny2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 100794 9e7c73b64c1929858089717fc32585b2
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.7~rc2-7lenny2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 92854 e9c5d38f5fc5a51fe417b38b6c359702
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-plugin-scmcvs_4.7~rc2-7lenny2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 129406 053272d5f4440d75825890ddd6bf5169
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-common_4.7~rc2-7lenny2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1112528 77f4e8dc932777a36cf941a1bd5b10a8
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-plugin-mediawiki_4.7~rc2-7lenny2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 213574 14405a0cb843748ba77c691eaa60d4b6

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