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Debian ikiwiki Moderate Cross-Site Scripting Attack DSA-2474-1

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Calendar Grey May 17, 2012
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Upgrade your ikiwiki software to fix a moderate cross-site scripting issue identified in Debian DSA-2474-1.
Raúl Benencia discovered that ikiwiki, a wiki compiler, does not properly escape the author (and its URL) of certain metadata, such as comments
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Summary

Raúl Benencia discovered that ikiwiki, a wiki compiler, does not
properly escape the author (and its URL) of certain metadata, such as
comments. This might be used to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.20100815.9.

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

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.20120516.

We recommend that you upgrade your ikiwiki 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/



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Package: ikiwiki
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0220

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