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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1951-1                  security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                      Steffen Joeris
December 15, 2009                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : firefox-sage
Vulnerability  : insufficient input sanitising
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id         : CVE-2009-4102
Debian Bug     : 559267

It was discovered that firefox-sage, a lightweight RSS and Atom feed
reader for Firefox, does not sanitise the RSS feed information
correctly, which makes it prone to a cross-site scripting and a
cross-domain scripting attack.


For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.2-0.1+lenny1.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3.6-4etch1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-3.


We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-sage packages.


Upgrade instructions
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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
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Debian (oldstable)
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Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

      Size/MD5 checksum:      607 d4175001caa8fc685f47452de46aaa03
      Size/MD5 checksum:   135325 49c68a517b6611c7352feb6072be9567
      Size/MD5 checksum:    13123 a59b6403405d4c6214b569fdb068049f

Architecture independent packages:

      Size/MD5 checksum:   150172 57339ba6521e7611e4e27fce4f87df31


Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
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Debian (stable)
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

      Size/MD5 checksum:    15552 c62acce299739cfe09c5ed671f0d310f
      Size/MD5 checksum:   169202 71f4d7379bc6e39640fc20016493f129
      Size/MD5 checksum:     1039 f47c953cd90197453e1ce165f13cb701

Architecture independent packages:

      Size/MD5 checksum:   171308 63a27b648f10e021b18acf9c8d8d24f0


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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For apt-get: deb https://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://packages.debian.org/

Debian: DSA-1951-1: New firefox-sage packages fix insufficient input sanitizing

December 15, 2009
It was discovered that firefox-sage, a lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader for Firefox, does not sanitise the RSS feed information correctly, which makes it prone to a cross-site ...

Summary


For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.2-0.1+lenny1.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3.6-4etch1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-3.


We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-sage 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:

Size/MD5 checksum: 607 d4175001caa8fc685f47452de46aaa03
Size/MD5 checksum: 135325 49c68a517b6611c7352feb6072be9567
Size/MD5 checksum: 13123 a59b6403405d4c6214b569fdb068049f

Architecture independent packages:

Size/MD5 checksum: 150172 57339ba6521e7611e4e27fce4f87df31


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:

Size/MD5 checksum: 15552 c62acce299739cfe09c5ed671f0d310f
Size/MD5 checksum: 169202 71f4d7379bc6e39640fc20016493f129
Size/MD5 checksum: 1039 f47c953cd90197453e1ce165f13cb701

Architecture independent packages:

Size/MD5 checksum: 171308 63a27b648f10e021b18acf9c8d8d24f0


These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

For apt-get: deb https://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://packages.debian.org/

Severity
It was discovered that firefox-sage, a lightweight RSS and Atom feed
reader for Firefox, does not sanitise the RSS feed information
correctly, which makes it prone to a cross-site scripting and a
cross-domain scripting attack.