Re: [ GLSA 200510-23 ] TikiWiki: XSS vulnerability

[dave canuck <dave_canuck2001 () yahoo com>]

Silly quesiton: Does this cover all OS's? 

--- Thierry Carrez <koon () gentoo org> wrote:

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>     GLSA 200510-23
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>   Severity: Low
>      Title: TikiWiki: XSS vulnerability
>       Date: October 28, 2005
>       Bugs: #109858
>         ID: 200510-23
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> Synopsis
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> TikiWiki is vulnerable to cross-site scripting
> attacks.
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> Background
> ==========
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> TikiWiki is a web-based groupware and content
> management system (CMS),
> using PHP, ADOdb and Smarty.
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> Affected packages
> =================
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>      Package            /  Vulnerable  /            
>        Unaffected
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>   1  www-apps/tikiwiki      < 1.9.1.1               
>        >= 1.9.1.1
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> Description
> ===========
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> Due to improper input validation, TikiWiki can be
> exploited to perform
> cross-site scripting attacks.
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> Impact
> ======
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> A remote attacker could exploit this to inject and
> execute malicious
> script code or to steal cookie-based authentication
> credentials,
> potentially compromising the victim's browser.
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> Workaround
> ==========
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> There is no known workaround at this time.
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> Resolution
> ==========
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> All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest
> version:
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>     # emerge --sync
>     # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
> ">=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.9.1.1"
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> Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should
> manually use
> webapp-config to finalize the update.
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> Availability
> ============
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> This GLSA and any updates to it are available for
> viewing at
> the Gentoo Security Website:
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>   http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-23.xml
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> Concerns?
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> 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
> security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a
> bug at
> http://bugs.gentoo.org.
>
> License
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> Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced
> text
> belongs to its owner(s).
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> The contents of this document are licensed under the
> Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
> license.
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> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0


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Dave C, Admin, City of Pine
dave_canuck2001 () yahoo com


        
                
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