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Arch Linux: ASA-201608-11 Moderate XSS Vulnerability in WebSVN Exploit

Calendar Aug 11, 2016 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory cross-site scripting medium threat Arch Linux WebSVN
The package websvn before version 2.3.3-7 is vulnerable to several cross-site scripting issues. 
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201608-11
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2016-08-11
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-1236
Package : websvn
Type    : cross-site scripting
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package websvn before version 2.3.3-7 is vulnerable to several
cross-site scripting issues.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 2.3.3-7.

# pacman -Syu "websvn>=2.3.3-7"

The problem has not been fixed upstream yet.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in revision.php,
log.php, listing.php, and comp.php in WebSVN allow context-dependent
attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name of a file
or directory in a repository.

Impact
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A remote attacker can execute arbitrary javascript code in the victim's
browser by creating a file or a directory with a specially crafted name
in a SVN repository.

References
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https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/50344
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/22
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1236