DSA 680-1: New htdig packages fix cross-site scripting vulnerability

Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 02/14/2005 09:42 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

New htdig packages are available for Debian GNU/Linux

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 680-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
February 14th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : htdig
Vulnerability : unsanitised input
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-0085

Michael Krax discovered a cross site scripting vulnerability in ht://dig, a web search system for an intranet or small internet.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.6-3woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.6-11.

We recommend that you upgrade your htdig package.

Upgrade Instructions
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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 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 591 e5fd50b03893bda0bb43aa6a54beacc4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 19822 294cfc471ac36e7cc3ade8e8ab2a968c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 2068675 7a2f20d8d6149efd8d119bb2ebf55f23

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig-doc_3.1.6-3woody1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 316892 3c2f6462e01ace0097a9351c1a98ca39

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1103690 e5a883a1619d22da9598f66c53ab28ee

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1009600 98ccc3af2d25970b7cff9a5451b045e5

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 950526 3557095a60b11ef24bff9634778107fc

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1216768 840c06cf1b6c405ab24bc20a7d41bdd4

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1155976 345dc883031bc10c10b7ac4743d2a679

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 921906 82f8f0dd287a78856179f29ea1161489

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 992524 e5b1c3054332a4f92cecae9c888bff8b

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 989954 d4e2b19ad21431118fbb4a1ccdc46a24

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 937060 7841f5423965ce1f2afbff9c0054182a

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 910122 939faa17e33b38585ab518c21751a171

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/htdig/htdig_3.1.6-3woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 914470 85ceb822a4e3b1906c9e97ea01192c9c

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update.