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[GLSA-200502-16] ht://Dig: Cross-site scripting vulnerability

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

ht://Dig: Cross-site scripting vulnerability

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2005-0085

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200502-16

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-16
(ht://Dig: Cross-site scripting vulnerability)


Michael Krax discovered that ht://Dig fails to validate the
'config' parameter before displaying an error message containing the
parameter. This flaw could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site
scripting attacks.

Impact

By sending a carefully crafted message, an attacker can inject and
execute script code in the victim's browser window. This allows to
modify the behaviour of ht://Dig, and/or leak session information such
as cookies to the attacker.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0085
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Feb/1013078.html


Solution:
All ht://Dig users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-misc/htdig-3.1.6-r7"


Risk factor : Low