- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Roundup: Permission bypass Date: May 27, 2008 Bugs: #212488, #214666 ID: 200805-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A vulnerability in Roundup allows for bypassing permission restrictions. Background ========== Roundup is an issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/roundup < 1.4.4-r1 >= 1.4.4-r1 Description =========== Philipp Gortan reported that the xml-rpc server in Roundup does not check property permissions (CVE-2008-1475). Furthermore, Roland Meister discovered multiple vulnerabilities caused by unspecified errors, some of which may be related to cross-site scripting (CVE-2008-1474). Impact ====== A remote attacker could possibly exploit the first vulnerability to edit or view restricted properties via the list(), display(), and set() methods. The impact and attack vectors of the second vulnerability are unknown. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Roundup users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/roundup-1.4.4-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-1474 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1474 [ 2 ] CVE-2008-1475 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1475 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-21.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 2008 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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