Mandrake alert: Updated perl-CGI packages fix cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Posted by dave on Aug 20, 2003 4:41 PM EDT
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Eye on Security found a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the start_form() function in CGI.pm. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to place a web script in a URL which feeds into a form's action parameter and allows execution by the browser as if it was coming from the site.

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________

Package name: perl-CGI Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:084 Date: August 20th, 2003

Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1, Multi Network Firewall 8.2 ________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

Eye on Security found a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the start_form() function in CGI.pm. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to place a web script in a URL which feeds into a form's action parameter and allows execution by the browser as if it was coming from the site. ________________________________________________________________________

References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0615 http://eyeonsecurity.org/advisories/CGI.pm/adv.html ________________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages: Corporate Server 2.1: ba7ff50de983c694a0de5a18686defb0 corporate/2.1/RPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.noarch.rpm d33e5b70ccb06a6634eb784b987c3709 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64: ae71f34a21a149948e1f28263cb38a09 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.noarch.rpm d33e5b70ccb06a6634eb784b987c3709 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2: 287cfec9115ac5395cef982b054d6e0f 8.2/RPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.1mdk.noarch.rpm f30e0a5c1424e2ba6015991bbf4a8760 8.2/SRPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC: 0099608448f3ad7074daae3ccb48f4fe ppc/8.2/RPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.1mdk.noarch.rpm f30e0a5c1424e2ba6015991bbf4a8760 ppc/8.2/SRPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0: ba7ff50de983c694a0de5a18686defb0 9.0/RPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.noarch.rpm d33e5b70ccb06a6634eb784b987c3709 9.0/SRPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1: edbef67588070e8b64cc067bc38df59f 9.1/RPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.noarch.rpm d33e5b70ccb06a6634eb784b987c3709 9.1/SRPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC: ac48b149899c0ec2dfe3b7eade985253 ppc/9.1/RPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.noarch.rpm d33e5b70ccb06a6634eb784b987c3709 ppc/9.1/SRPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.2mdk.src.rpm

Multi Network Firewall 8.2: 287cfec9115ac5395cef982b054d6e0f mnf8.2/RPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.1mdk.noarch.rpm f30e0a5c1424e2ba6015991bbf4a8760 mnf8.2/SRPMS/perl-CGI-3.00-0.1mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information): ________________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

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