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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-28
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Severity: Low
Title: Horde Web Application Framework: XSS vulnerability
Date: June 29, 2006
Bugs: #136830
ID: 200606-28
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Synopsis
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The Horde Web Application Framework is vulnerable to a cross-site
scripting vulnerability.
Background
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The Horde Web Application Framework is a general-purpose web
application framework written in PHP, providing classes for handling
preferences, compression, browser detection, connection tracking, MIME,
and more.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/horde < 3.1.1-r1 >= 3.1.1-r1
Description
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Michael Marek discovered that the Horde Web Application Framework
performs insufficient input sanitizing.
Impact
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An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary
scripts running in the context of the victim's browser.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All horde users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/horde-3.1.1-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-2195
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2195
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-200606-28.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 2006 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/2.5
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