A Gallery security update has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-45
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: Gallery: Cross-site scripting vulnerability
Date: January 30, 2005
Bugs: #78522
ID: 200501-45

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Synopsis
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Gallery is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.

Background
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Gallery is a web application written in PHP which is used to organize and publish photo albums. It allows multiple users to build and maintain their own albums. It also supports the mirroring of images on other servers.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/gallery = 1.4.4_p5

Description
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Rafel Ivgi has discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability where the 'username' parameter is not properly sanitized in 'login.php'.

Impact
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By sending a carefully crafted URL, an attacker can inject and execute script code in the victim's browser window, and potentially compromise the user's gallery.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Gallery users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/gallery-1.4.4_p5"

References
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[ 1 ] Gallery Announcement
http://gallery.menalto.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=147
[ 2 ] Secunia Advisory SA13887
http://secunia.com/advisories/13887/

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-45.xml

Concerns?
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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 http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0