- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200612-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: Trac: Cross-site request forgery Date: December 12, 2006 Bugs: #154574 ID: 200612-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Trac allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized actions as other users. Background ========== Trac is a wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/trac < 0.10.1 >= 0.10.1 Description =========== Trac allows users to perform certain tasks via HTTP requests without performing correct validation on those requests. Impact ====== An attacker could entice an authenticated user to browse to a specially crafted URL, allowing the attacker to execute actions in the Trac instance as if they were the user. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Trac users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/trac-0.10.1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-5848 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5848 [ 2 ] CVE-2006-5878 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5878 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-14.xml 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 security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= 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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