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Gentoo: GLSA-200903-20 Normal: WebSVN File Overwrite and Info Leak

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Calendar Grey March 9, 2009
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WebSVN contains several security flaws on Gentoo Linux; an upgrade is necessary to avert data leaks and file replacement.
Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSVN allow for file overwrite and information disclosure.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-20 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: WebSVN: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: March 09, 2009 Bugs: #243852 ID: 200903-20

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities in WebSVN allow for file overwrite and information disclosure.
Background ========= WebSVN is a web-based browsing tool for Subversion repositories written in PHP.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/websvn < 2.1.0 >= 2.1.0
========== * James Bercegay of GulfTech Security reported a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the getParameterisedSelfUrl() function in index.php (CVE-2008-5918) and a directory ...

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