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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 2334-1] mahara security update

    From Moritz Muehlenhoff@1:229/2 to All on Fri Nov 4 19:10:02 2011
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2334-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 04, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : mahara
    Vulnerability : several
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2011-2771 CVE-2011-2772 CVE-2011-2773

    Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Mahara, an electronic
    portfolio, weblog, and resume builder:

    CVE-2011-2771

    Teemu Vesala discovered that missing input sanitising of RSS
    feeds could lead to cross-site scripting.

    CVE-2011-2772

    Richard Mansfield discovered that insufficient upload restrictions
    allowed denial of service.

    CVE-2011-2773

    Richard Mansfield that the management of institutions was prone to
    cross-site request forgery.

    (no CVE ID available yet)

    Andrew Nichols discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability
    in MNet handling.

    For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.0.4-4+lenny11.

    For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.2.6-2+squeeze3.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.4.1-1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your mahara packages.

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
    these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
    found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: [email protected]
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