__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN horde3 -- Missing Input Sanitising [DSA-1098-1] June 15, 2006 20:00 GMT Number Q-229 [REVISED 19 June 2006] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: The Horde web application framework performs insufficient input sanitising, which might lead to the injection of web script code through cross-site scripting. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) DAMAGE: May lead to the injection of web script code through cross-site scripting. SOLUTION: Apply current patches. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Cross-site scripting vulnerability. ASSESSMENT: ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-229.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1098 ADDITIONAL LINKS: Debian Security Advisory 1099-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1099 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2195 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 06/19/06 - added a link to Debian Security Advisory 1099-1, horde2 -- Missing Input Sanitising [***** Start DSA-1098-1 *****] DSA-1098-1 horde3 -- missing input sanitising Date Reported: 14 Jun 2006 Affected Packages: horde3 Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-2195. More information: Michael Marek discovered that the Horde web application framework performs insufficient input sanitising, which might lead to the injection of web script code through cross-site scripting. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain horde3 packages. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.4-4sarge4. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.1-3. We recommend that you upgrade your horde3 package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/horde3/horde3_3.0.4-4sarge4.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/horde3/horde3_3.0.4-4sarge4.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/horde3/horde3_3.0.4.orig.tar.gz Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/horde3/horde3_3.0.4-4sarge4_all.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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