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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0461 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New b2evolution packages fix cross site scripting
6 May 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: b2evolution
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact: Cross-site Scripting
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2007-0175
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1568
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running b2evolution check for an updated version of the software
for their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1568-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
May 05, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : b2evolution
Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitising
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-0175
Debian Bug : 410568
"unsticky" discovered that b2evolution, a blog engine, performs
insufficient input sanitising, allowing for cross site scripting.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.2-3+etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.2-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your b2evolution (0.9.2-3+etch1) package.
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/b/b2evolution/b2evolution_0.9.2-3+etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 14774 0513ba676280c394ab9494ccdfea35e5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/b2evolution/b2evolution_0.9.2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 2754129 6014a784ecc92a3a875e7ac69939047b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/b2evolution/b2evolution_0.9.2-3+etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 882 3938cec5016aa5ac8c838ee668121832
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/b2evolution/b2evolution_0.9.2-3+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2818756 6174d72fee72c0f6ff6e4221344799cc
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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