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Gentoo: 200410-12 Low: WordPress HTTP Splitting And XSS Issues

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Gentoo Linux patches for WordPress fix minor severity problems related to HTTP splitting and XSS vulnerabilities. Please update to version 1.2.2.
Thomas Waldegger, who discovered these vulnerabilities, reported that these issues were not fixed in version 1.2.1

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [UPDATE] GLSA 200410-12:02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Low Title: WordPress: HTTP response splitting and XSS vulnerabilities Date: October 14, 2004 Updated: December 19, 2004 Bugs: #65798 ID: 200410-12:02

Update ===== Thomas Waldegger, who discovered these vulnerabilities, reported that these issues were not fixed in version 1.2.1. After notifying the developers, they released 1.2.2 to fix these flaws.
The updated sections appear below.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/wordpress < 1.2.2 >= 1.2.2
Resolution ========= All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync...

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