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Debian: DSA-2414-1 Moderate: F*X Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2012
Scroller Debian
API service F*Y vulnerable to SQL injection due to poor validation. Patch API to enhance security.
Nicola Fioravanti discovered that F*X, a web service for transferring very large files, is not properly sanitizing input parameters of the "fup" script
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security advisory debian moderate severity input sanitization reflected cross-site scripting fex update

Summary

Nicola Fioravanti discovered that F*X, a web service for transferring
very large files, is not properly sanitizing input parameters of the "fup"
script. An attacker can use this flaw to conduct reflected cross-site
scripting attacks via various script parameters.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 20100208+debian1-1+squeeze2.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed
in version 20120215-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your fex 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/



Package: fex
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0869

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