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Debian DSA-2651-1 Low Risk: Cross-Site Scripting in Smokeping

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Calendar Grey March 20, 2013
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A severe XSS vulnerability in Smokeping affects Debian users, allowing malicious script execution in browsers. Immediate updates and security measures are crucial
A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in smokeping, a latency logging and graphing system

Summary

A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in smokeping, a
latency logging and graphing system. Input passed to the "displaymode"
parameter was not properly sanitized. An attacker could use this flaw to
execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in
the context of an affected site.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3.6-5+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.7-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.7-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your smokeping 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/



Severity
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Package: smokeping
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0790

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