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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.0193 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] New wordpress packages fix multiple vulnerabilities 22 February 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: wordpress Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Cross-site Scripting Inappropriate Access Delete Arbitrary Files Denial of Service Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2008-0194 CVE-2008-0193 CVE-2007-3238 CVE-2007-2821 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1502 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running wordpress check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1502-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Noah Meyerhans February 22, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : wordpress Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-3238 CVE-2007-2821 CVE-2008-0193 CVE-2008-0194 Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in wordpress, a weblog manager. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-3238 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in functions.php in the default theme in WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO (REQUEST_URI) to wp-admin/themes.php. CVE-2007-2821 SQL injection vulnerability in wp-admin/admin-ajax.php in WordPress before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cookie parameter. CVE-2008-0193 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. CVE-2008-0194 Directory traversal vulnerability in wp-db-backup.php in WordPress 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, delete arbitrary files, and cause a denial of service via a .. (dot dot) in the backup parameter in a wp-db-backup.php action to wp-admin/edit.php. For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.10-1etch1. Wordpress is not present in the oldstable distribution (sarge). We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress package. Upgrade instructions - - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - - ------------------------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wordpress/wordpress_2.0.10-1etch1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 10454 5f3c8c32c87ac34dca41f2d93b87b1da http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wordpress/wordpress_2.0.10.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 520314 e9d5373b3c6413791f864d56b473dd54 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wordpress/wordpress_2.0.10-1etch1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 572 aacd4d2338fa941f11147d36d85149b9 Architecture independent packages: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wordpress/wordpress_2.0.10-1etch1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 519232 7508cf16054729cfae3444e07b369caf These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHvhtRYrVLjBFATsMRAu7fAJ9xZL9Xz77s2IqZ/3aZtNoMysUY3ACaAn8X /t9dR3Px4yFVk7lZTfb1bg0= =9oIE - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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