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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0412 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New roundup packages fix cross-site scripting vulnerability
7 May 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: roundup
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Modify Arbitrary Files
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-1474
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1554
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running roundup check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
Revision History: May 7 2008: Revision update from Debian
April 23 2008: Initial Release
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1554-2 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
May 06, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : roundup
Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitising
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-1474
Debian Bug : 472643
Roundup, an issue tracking system, fails to properly escape HTML input,
allowing an attacker to inject client-side code (typically JavaScript)
into a document that may be viewed in the victim's browser.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
1.2.1-5+etch2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.3.3-3.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your roundup packages.
Upgrade instructions
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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
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/roundup/roundup_1.2.1-5+etch2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 982 90a8692563dfca36cb0778b6429aa664
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/roundup/roundup_1.2.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1058595 38de336cf23d0dc20df17695b7c72806
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/roundup/roundup_1.2.1-5+etch2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 26324 662312074898af0226c723e133fb92cd
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/roundup/roundup_1.2.1-5+etch2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1003218 ad60e355ed48161d847860a0f3bb8f2b
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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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>
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