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New htdig packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] htdig (SSA:2024-206-01) New htdig packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/htdig-3.2.0b6-i586-10_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patch XSS vulnerability. Thanks to jayjwa. Get this out of cgi-bin. Thanks to LuckyCyborg. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6110 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/htdig-3.2.0b6-i586-10_slack15.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/htdig-3.2.0b6-x86_64-10_slack15.0.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/htdig-3.2.0b6-i686-10.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/htdig-3.2.0b6-x86_64-10.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 15.0 package: 70819a04ea4b36bfb9efa26a868d6860 htdig-3.2.0b6-i586-10_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 42c3793f0892367d1e3c827d3723c633 htdig-3.2.0b6-x86_64-10_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: 71cc9999ea5893b2781913f4b3c8900c n/htdig-3.2.0b6-i686-10.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 1cfe6808cf5c7cc0e203f009ee584e98 n/htdig-3.2.0b6-x86_64-10.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packageas root: # upgradepkg htdig-3.2.0b6-i586-10_slack15.0.txz +-----+ . Updated htdig packages for Slackware 15.0 and -current resolve a significant XSS vulnerability, improving overall security.. Htdig Packages, Slackware Update, XSS Security Fix, Software Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Michael Skibbe discovered that htdig, a WWW search system for an intranet or small internet, did not adequately quote values submitted to the search script, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML into specially crafted links.. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA-1429-1
Moderate: htdig security update. Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:58:26 -0600 Reply-To: Troy Dawson Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Troy Dawson Subject: Security ERRATA for htdig on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64 Comments: To: "
Updated package.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2005-367 2005-04-19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Product : Fedora Core 3 Name : htdig Version : 3.2.0b6 Release : 3.FC3.1 Summary : ht://Dig - Web search engine Description : The ht://Dig system is a complete world wide web indexing and searching system for a small domain or intranet. This system is not meant to replace the need for powerful internet-wide search systems like Lycos, Infoseek, Webcrawler and AltaVista. Instead it is meant to cover the search needs for a single company, campus, or even a particular sub section of a web site. As opposed to some WAIS-based or web-server based search engines, ht://Dig can span several web servers at a site. The type of these different web servers doesn't matter as long as they understand the HTTP 1.0 protocol. ht://Dig is also used by KDE to search KDE's HTML documentation. ht://Dig was developed at San Diego State University as a way to search the various web servers on the campus network. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Tue Apr 19 2005 Phil Knirsch 3:3.2.0b6-3.FC3.1 - Fixed security bug with unescaped output in htsearch and qtest (#144127) - Removed .la and .a libs from package (#145649) ---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from: b16bfb262d952e89a41939019a45545d SRPMS/htdig-3.2.0b6-3.FC3.1.src.rpm 298335ba6d6e6c218cb173378dda9b65 x86_64/htdig-3.2.0b6-3.FC3.1.x86_64.rpm 09f94f4bd6ed75e25db40c36f9054041 x86_64/htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.FC3.1.x86_64.rpm 5e400d6e8ab74614e2a73fd865802d7f x86_64/debug/htdig-debuginfo-3.2.0b6-3.FC3.1.x86_64.rpm 0182a43924d37b0a79d9a475f6dd020a i386/htdig-3.2.0b6-3.FC3.1.i386.rpm 90443f1fcab74e7a2a1561ceffa381bc i386/htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.FC3.1.i386.rpm d0f1dd97b9bfe554507f72b04b2e9edd i386/debug/htdig-debuginfo-3.2.0b6-3.FC3.1.i386.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Philipp Knirsch | Tel.: +49-711-96437-470 Development | Fax.: +49-711-96437-111 Red Hat GmbH | Email: Phil Knirsch Hauptstaetterstr. 58 | Web: https://www.redhat.com/de/global/dach D-70178 Stuttgart Motd: You're only jealous cos the little penguins are talking to me. --fedora-announce-list mailing list
Updated htdig packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: htdig security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:090-01 Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:090.html Issue date: 2005-02-15 Updated on: 2005-02-15 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVE Names: CAN-2005-0085 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------1. Summary: Updated htdig packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Problem description: The ht://Dig system is a Web search and indexing system for a small domain or intranet. Michael Krax reported a cross-site scripting bug affecting htdig. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted URL which can cause a web browser to execute malicious script once visited. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CAN-2005-0085 to this issue. Users of htdig should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch, and are not vulnerable to this issue. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command: up2date For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/ 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 144261 - CAN-2005-0085 XSS vulnerability in htdig 3.2.0b6 145649 - htdig packaging cleanups 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: SRPMS: bb2c2485bc40ac6842dc81c17d63f0af htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.src.rpm i386: 3a92066c374c430a9e581b76b65358db htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.i386.rpm f7af349ddce35eb4681a416ca0d24ad9 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.i386.rpm ia64: 764d07486a1df065acf0e4b41145efea htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.ia64.rpm 42f417c64c812c224cb061b09bf819d8 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.ia64.rpm ppc: 0b67dcc567f484da5a2100cbb4974b40 htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.ppc.rpm 4c6cad4ee1320469cf8fb5916ccc2f0d htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.ppc.rpm s390: db34676305160bc30d1a47dd4e2a15cc htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.s390.rpm 103e9d013e58acb9888bf2894a22f0d8 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.s390.rpm s390x: e9afa0d245cf733c2c14c7815de4dc7e htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.s390x.rpm 5e93175510c2734e7bc15224bac7d9b7 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: 1c00d64041cd9b2a2975222d1a6285a3 htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.x86_64.rpm 4e295161fb868cb875a3e581d680138c htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: SRPMS: bb2c2485bc40ac6842dc81c17d63f0af htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.src.rpm i386: 3a92066c374c430a9e581b76b65358db htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.i386.rpm f7af349ddce35eb4681a416ca0d24ad9 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.i386.rpm x86_64: 1c00d64041cd9b2a2975222d1a6285a3 htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.x86_64.rpm 4e295161fb868cb875a3e581d680138c htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: SRPMS: bb2c2485bc40ac6842dc81c17d63f0af htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.src.rpm i386: 3a92066c374c430a9e581b76b65358db htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.i386.rpm f7af349ddce35eb4681a416ca0d24ad9 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.i386.rpm ia64: 764d07486a1df065acf0e4b41145efea htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.ia64.rpm 42f417c64c812c224cb061b09bf819d8 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: 1c00d64041cd9b2a2975222d1a6285a3 htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.x86_64.rpm 4e295161fb868cb875a3e581d680138c htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: SRPMS: bb2c2485bc40ac6842dc81c17d63f0af htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.src.rpm i386: 3a92066c374c430a9e581b76b65358db htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.i386.rpm f7af349ddce35eb4681a416ca0d24ad9 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.i386.rpm ia64: 764d07486a1df065acf0e4b41145efea htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.ia64.rpm 42f417c64c812c224cb061b09bf819d8 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: 1c00d64041cd9b2a2975222d1a6285a3 htdig-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.x86_64.rpm 4e295161fb868cb875a3e581d680138c htdig-web-3.2.0b6-3.40.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package 7. References: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-0085 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2005 Red Hat, Inc. . Ubuntu announces kernel patch resolving a significant vulnerability in privilege escalation; users advised to update promptly.. htdig update, Red Hat security advisory, moderate risk patch. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
ht://Dig is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: ht://Dig: Cross-site scripting vulnerability Date: February 13, 2005 Bugs: #80602 ID: 200502-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= ht://Dig is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. Background ========= ht://Dig is an HTTP/HTML indexing and searching system. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-misc/htdig < 3.1.6-r7 > = 3.1.6-r7 Description ========== Michael Krax discovered that ht://Dig fails to validate the 'config' parameter before displaying an error message containing the parameter. This flaw could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. Impact ===== By sending a carefully crafted message, an attacker can inject and execute script code in the victim's browser window. This allows to modify the behaviour of ht://Dig, and/or leak session information such as cookies to the attacker. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All ht://Dig users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =www-misc/htdig-3.1.6-r7" References ========= [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0085 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-CAN-2005-0085 [ 2 ] SecurityTracker #1013078 Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are availablefor viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-16 Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
Updated ht://dig packages fix a DOS attack and a potential (yet unlikely)security problem.. ` --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated htdig packages are available Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:139-04 Issue date: 2001-10-24 Updated on: 2001-10-30 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: htdig CGI htsearch DOS configuration file -c switch security Cross references: CGI abuses : ht://Dig's htsearch potential exposure/dos Obsoletes: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated ht://dig packages fix a DOS attack and a potential (yet unlikely) security problem. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.1 - alpha, i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386 3. Problem description: In the previous version, the htsearch CGI script used to accept the -c switch remotely--asking htdig to use a different configuration file. The update removes this potential exploit. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info): 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.1: SRPMS: alpha: i386: ia64: Red Hat Linux 7.2: SRPMS: i386: 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- e57927bdae66d7f8397b103512d5dcf5 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/htdig-3.2.0-1.b4.0.71.src.rpm b8aea64d8b726ff55182b2103eed27ca 7.1/en/os/alpha/htdig-3.2.0-1.b4.0.71.alpha.rpm 3d993553d7fa3ef09bff27f30d4474b4 7.1/en/os/alpha/htdig-web-3.2.0-1.b4.0.71.alpha.rpm 401c973167c03355db256631bcdb8404 7.1/en/os/i386/htdig-3.2.0-1.b4.0.71.i386.rpm 2a13e4bd789fa9972881b91ffb6bb115 7.1/en/os/i386/htdig-web-3.2.0-1.b4.0.71.i386.rpm 828fb19b81834846be4231cca3898b67 7.1/en/os/ia64/htdig-3.2.0-1.b4.0.71.ia64.rpm 3b59daa57a07c8f2d8015024f6ef3e21 7.1/en/os/ia64/htdig-web-3.2.0-1.b4.0.71.ia64.rpm 0bc42b142d9b6e222b6a7fd9b9368a14 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/htdig-3.2.0-1.b4.0.72.src.rpm cc39ed5832f5bdbc0bdcc9c3e7c0f369 7.2/en/os/i386/htdig-3.2.0-1.b4.0.72.i386.rpm b1ea38d03376fbad2204a49d28ec095a 7.2/en/os/i386/htdig-web-3.2.0-1.b4.0.72.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: About You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg 8. References: Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc. `. The latest revisions of the ht://dig application by Red Hat tackle a critical Denial of Service flaw while improving security protocols to reduce potential risks.. Red Hat Linux, htdig exploit mitigation, software update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Due to insufficient checking of the running environment it is possible to use commandline options via CGI. An remote attacker could use the -c option to specify /dev/zero as an alternate config file to causes a denial of service for some minutes.. ______________________________________________________________________________ SuSE Security Announcement Package: htdig Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2001:035 Date: Wednesday, October 24th 2001 09:30 MEST Affected SuSE versions: 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Vulnerability Type: local privilege escalation, remote DoS Severity (1-10): 3 SuSE default package: no Other affected systems: all linux-like operating-systems running htdig's htsearch via CGI Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: htsearch problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information 2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds 3) standard appendix (further information) ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information ht://Dig is a powerfull indexing and information gathering tool for the web. ht://Dig's search engine htsearch could be run by a http server as CGI program or standalone as commandline tool. Due to insufficient checking of the running environment it is possible to use commandline options via CGI. An remote attacker could use the -c option to specify /dev/zero as an alternate config file to causes a denial of service for some minutes. To read files with the privilege of the http server by abusing the -c option an attacker needs write access to the server running htsearch. A temporary fix or workaround does not exist; we recommend to update your system with the new RPM from our FTP server. Pleasedownload the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement. Then, install the package using the command "rpm -Uhv file.rpm" to apply the update. i386 Intel Platform: SuSE-7.3 543b0668bbbe3c35a7b7f4aab523a497 source rpm: 553ca93fb20eaa4a0d9dcf140d2a1cc3 SuSE-7.2 70f7263f6b03d67858e14b6caf7716a3 source rpm: 8853a7c1094450642d0c8eafcd7db612 SuSE-7.1 934907ab6b8c1394446d3272122b6ba4 source rpm: 04b7f1552aa7c2c31dd796e5db5db610 SuSE-7.0 5eb6e0f2cd8c92f9d27c983cfa61c0cd source rpm: 33b6e71c0cba4b2e9faa0426f1a9c27c SuSE-6.4 e65d6a8f096762617ea1b271b1ec1582 source rpm: ced955e563db7c4e422659228adbef58 SuSE-6.3 b2cd121f8f71064f79fb9d5d969b3d21 source rpm: 3910e17d54392f755325960d1c2a9a13 Sparc Platform: SuSE-7.1 1a4e2643d776360178eea8d1d23f4fab source rpm: 66535cba934ecfce550ad60cadccad4d SuSE-7.0 72ea40099742b87151146d3159b46d9f source rpm: 3de8701655664c84fb3a2c98ec857fca AXP Alpha Platform: SuSE-7.1 23233fc040bbb7b7b8e9386e974257e9 source rpm: d7362ba99853fe56eb57b5ab71c1b11e SuSE-7.0 5549cf04c28bd2436f259c22fabd23f3 source rpm: ef269335b80344c7e4c9167865c432e4 SuSE-6.4 5ff4ae9cb1845b0d416fe4fee2caf26a source rpm: ec966adf8722dcf0eefe94356a1b4d9e SuSE-6.3 ec84394421f9480d13746f8c5ba7416c source rpm: 1f11551d794bcc08f3574af57c6fc2e3 PPC PowerPC Platform: SuSE-7.1 bb84003b547a0e80133da198de07c1cf source rpm: 93ad965154d8fe1b24ae15d0881966c8 SuSE-7.0 dbf2f686bc1bfaf4a59721157afdafb1 source rpm: 70d360499c0bc89e2d90bcf2454e0867 SuSE-6.4 e9613bc7f5b28240f0aeece14059d976 source rpm: d4fb3b096ceb3b5cc7d42924a0952863 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2) Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds: - Linux kernel Security bugs have been found in both the 2.2 and 2.4 kernel series of all currently supported SuSE Linux distributions (6.3-7.3), including the freshly appeared SuSE-7.3. These bugs allow a local attacker to gain root privileges, but there is no remote attack as of now. As a temporary workaround, it is possible for experienced users of linux-like systems to disable all setuid bits from all files in the installed system using a find command with a -exec option. We are currently in the process of testing the update kernels of both 2.2 (2.2.19) and 2.4 (2.4.13) series to make sure that these update kernels will have the same level of stability and robustness as expected from SuSE linux systems. The official kernel rpm packages will be announced in a SuSE Security announcement during the second half of this week. In the meanwhile, the directory contains the preliminary update packages for testing (2.2.19 packages will be available shortly). Please proceed with the update as described in SUSE – Open-Source-Lösungen für Enterprise Server und Cloud | SUSE and report any problems that you may find to
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