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Gentoo: GLSA-200803-04 Low Severity: Mantis Cross-Site Scripting Flaw

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2008
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A minor Cross-Site Scripting flaw identified in Mantis impacts Gentoo systems. Update required for security.
A persistent Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been discovered in Mantis.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-04
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Low
     Title: Mantis: Cross-Site Scripting
      Date: March 03, 2008
      Bugs: #203791
        ID: 200803-04


Synopsis
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A persistent Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been discovered in
Mantis.

Background
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Mantis is a web-based bug tracking system.

Affected packages
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     Package            /  Vulnerable  /                    Unaffected
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  1  www-apps/mantisbt     < 1.0.8-r1                      >= 1.0.8-r1

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seiji reported that the filename for the uploaded file in
bug_report.php is not properly sanitised before being stored.

Impact
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A remote attacker could upload a file with a specially ...
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