security advisorydebiancross-site scripting
Updated package.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 711-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze April 19th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : info2www Vulnerability : missing input sanitising Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-1341 Debian Bug : 281655 Nicolas Gregoire discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in info2www, a converter for info files to HTML. A malicious person could place a harmless looking link on the web that could cause arbitrary commands to be executed in the browser of the victim user. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2.9-20woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2.9-23. We recommend that you upgrade your info2www package. Upgrade Instructions - --------------------wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 600 68a3d62f9ff13abaf1cd2b2ca479c8e9 Size/MD5 checksum: 27216 d4bf5b04bfcaa304bbe18969346a281e Size/MD5 checksum: 12407 2d79050502b938fae36d6d38e1d5084b Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 34006 93914a2ed64150b8682e8e419f7878ed These files will probably be moved into thestable distribution on its next update. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Advisory DSA 711-1 outlines solutions for cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in info2www for Debian packages, detailing needed patches to mitigate risks effectively. Debian Security, Info2www Update, Cross-Site Scripting, Security Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 19, 2005
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