Bug 144261 - CAN-2005-0085 XSS vulnerability in htdig 3.2.0b6
Summary: CAN-2005-0085 XSS vulnerability in htdig 3.2.0b6
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: htdig
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Phil Knirsch
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Depends On:
Blocks: 142822
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-01-05 13:18 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2015-03-05 01:14 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-02-15 10:20:10 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:090 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: htdig security update 2005-02-15 05:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2005-01-05 13:18:29 UTC 
*** This bug has been split off bug 144127 ***

------- Original comment by Dave Miller on 2005.01.04 13:46 -------

Description of problem:
HTML metacharacters included in the config= parameter to htsearch are
displayed unmodified in the error message returned by htdig.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3.2.0b6

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.
http://yourfedorabox/cgi-bin/htsearch?config=%3Cscript%3Ealert('foo')%3C/script%3E
  
Actual results:
you get an alertbox that says "foo" in it.

Expected results:
You shouldn't get an alert box.

Additional info:
This error was reported to webmaster by mikx
Comment 4 Mark J. Cox 2005-02-04 08:54:16 UTC 
Removing embargo - This issue was leaked public early by SUSE.
Comment 5 Mark J. Cox 2005-02-15 10:20:10 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-090.html
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