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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2009.0378 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] ejabberd: Cross-site scripting 20 April 2009 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: ejabberd Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact: Cross-site Scripting Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2009-0934 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1774 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running ejabberd 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-1774-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Steffen Joeris April 17, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : ejabberd Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitising Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CVE-2009-0934 It was discovered that ejabberd, a distributed, fault-tolerant Jabber/XMPP server, does not sufficiently sanitise MUC logs, allowing remote attackers to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.1-6+lenny1. The oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue. For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.5-1. We recommend that you upgrade your ejabberd packages. 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 5.0 alias lenny - - -------------------------------- Debian (stable) - - --------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 56231 d59d9f9bddb5e44e586bf7b6e33ab716 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 1387 4352a0860f0d1e64d2ba40ebcb68f484 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 1054739 9c9417ab8dc334094ec7a611016c726e alpha architecture (DEC Alpha) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1184310 ddc0af584b7028daab554fe4f78a8799 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1190944 9dc0d2c7bdf2f1fe4d5a38b6f696cb58 arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1182006 48c8ffe2ee133fbd5e57ff8cec261623 armel architecture (ARM EABI) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_armel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1187286 6b99fe6dcc94f06640644f4fa1213bcb hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1197222 c226141fb23cc04783026550797333a1 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1190002 eebdbe567fd8eff45f219c80ca1e3896 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1205758 182b7c589bd3d3597708217b350a1086 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1172112 c3ff0676aa396750c20f8fc587493d8d powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1180126 d337fe77c6d199512c5d278129de77f2 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1174796 6efefe5a9937d19b38b9e235405823fb sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ejabberd/ejabberd_2.0.1-6+lenny1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1185162 becf1c3f8e0fc7f56bb5bf5c35e113c1 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 v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknoK4cACgkQ62zWxYk/rQfWgACfenCG0DztFUzVi5+CFubfKpWf 4x4AnR8qIadA+hYwvFyusfuLqgtCRASa =de8r - -----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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