Debian: DSA-2540-1 Critical Mahara Cross-Site Scripting Risk
debian
September 7, 2012
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that Mahara, an electronic portfolio, weblog, and resume builder, contains multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities due to missing sanitization a...
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Summary
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that Mahara, an electronic portfolio,
weblog, and resume builder, contains multiple cross-site scripting
vulnerabilities due to missing sanitization and insufficient encoding
of user-supplied data.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.2.6-2+squeeze5.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5.1-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your mahara 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: mahara
CVE ID: CVE-2012-2237
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