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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2010:1003-01 Moderate: XSS Attack

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Calendar Grey December 21, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
New git updates released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 that tackle medium severity vulnerabilities related to an XSS issue.
Updated git packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system.
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in gitweb, a simple web interface for Git repositories. A remote attacker could perform an XSS attack against victims by tricking them into visiting a specially-crafted gitweb URL. (CVE-2010-3906)
All gitweb users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update red hat enterprise linux xss git

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3906 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: git-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.i686.rpm git-daemon-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.i686.rpm git-debuginfo-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
noarch: emacs-git-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm emacs-git-el-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-all-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-cvs-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-email-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-gui-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-svn-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm gitk-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm gitweb-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm perl-Git-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: git-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm git-daemon-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm git-debuginfo-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
noarch: emacs-git-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm emacs-git-el-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-all-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-cvs-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-email-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-gui-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm git-svn-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm gitk-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm gitweb-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm perl-Git-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: git-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm git-daemon-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm git-debuginfo-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
i386: git-1.7.1-2.el6_0.1.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:1003-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:1003.html
Issue date: 2010-12-21

Topic

Updated git packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update red hat enterprise linux xss git

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

663609 - CVE-2010-3906 Git (gitweb): XSS due to missing escaping of HTML element attributes

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