metadata/glsa/glsa-200409-23.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200409-23">
  <title>SnipSnap: HTTP response splitting</title>
  <synopsis>
    SnipSnap is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks such as web cache
    poisoning, cross-user defacement, and cross-site scripting.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">snipsnap</product>
  <announced>September 17, 2004</announced>
  <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
  <bug>64154</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-java/snipsnap-bin" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0_beta1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0_beta1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    SnipSnap is a user friendly content management system with features
    such as wiki and weblog.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>
    A malicious user could inject and execute arbitrary script code,
    potentially compromising the victim's data or browser.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All SnipSnap users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv &quot;&gt;=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0_beta1&quot;
    # emerge &quot;&gt;=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0beta1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://snipsnap.org/space/start/2004-09-14/1#SnipSnap_1.0b1_(uttoxeter)_released">SnipSnap Release Notes</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1470">CVE-2004-1470</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:00:37 +0000">
    lewk
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:40:46 +0000">
    lewk
  </metadata>
</glsa>