GLSA 200409-23: SnipSnap: HTTP response splitting

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Severity:	low
Title:	SnipSnap: HTTP response splitting
Date:	09/17/2004
Bugs:	#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	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-java/snipsnap-bin	< 1.0_beta1	>= 1.0_beta1	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:

    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv ">=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0_beta1"
    # emerge ">=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0beta1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-23.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.