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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-35:02
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Severity: Low
Title: phpWebSite: HTTP response splitting vulnerability
Date: November 26, 2004
Updated: November 26, 2004
Bugs: #71502
ID: 200411-35:02
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Synopsis
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phpWebSite is vulnerable to possible HTTP response splitting attacks.
Background
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phpWebSite is a web site content management system.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/phpwebsite < 0.9.3_p4-r2 >= 0.9.3_p4-r2
Description
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Due to lack of proper input validation, phpWebSite has been found to be
vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks.
Impact
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A malicious user could inject arbitrary response data, leading to
content spoofing, web cache poisoning and other cross-site scripting or
HTTP response splitting attacks. This could result in compromising the
victim's data or browser.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/phpwebsite-0.9.3_p4-r2"
References
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[ 1 ] BugTraq Posting
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/380894
[ 2 ] phpWebSite Announcement
http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=863
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-35.xml
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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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