GLSA Bodhisattva
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:35 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200409-23 ] SnipSnap: HTTP response splitting |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: SnipSnap: HTTP response splitting (GLSA 200409-23)
Severity: low
Exploitable: remote
Date: September 17, 2004
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #64154
ID: 200409-23
Synopsis
SnipSnap is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks such as web cache poisoning, cross-user defacement, and cross-site scripting.
Background
SnipSnap is a user friendly content management system with features such as wiki and weblog.
Affected Packages
Package: dev-java/snipsnap-bin
Vulnerable: < 1.0_beta1
Unaffected: >= 1.0_beta1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
SnipSnap contains various HTTP response splitting vulnerabilities that could potentially compromise the sites data. Some of these attacks include web cache poisoning, cross-user defacement, hijacking pages with sensitive user information, and cross-site scripting. This vulnerability is due to the lack of illegal input checking in the software.
Impact
A malicious user could inject and execute arbitrary script code, potentially compromising the victim's data or browser.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All SnipSnap users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0_beta1"
# emerge ">=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0beta1" |
References
[url=http://snipsnap.org/space/start/2004-09-14/1#SnipSnap_1.0b1_(uttoxeter)_released]SnipSnap Release Notes[/url]
CVE-2004-1470
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