A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Trac: Cross-site request forgery. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200612-14
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: Trac: Cross-site request forgery
Date: December 12, 2006
Bugs: #154574
ID: 200612-14
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Synopsis
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Trac allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized actions as other
users.
Background
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Trac is a wiki and issue tracking system for software development
projects.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/trac < 0.10.1 >= 0.10.1
Description
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Trac allows users to perform certain tasks via HTTP requests without
performing correct validation on those requests.
Impact
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An attacker could entice an authenticated user to browse to a specially
crafted URL, allowing the attacker to execute actions in the Trac
instance as if they were the user.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Trac users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/trac-0.10.1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-5848
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5848
[ 2 ] CVE-2006-5878
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5878
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-200612-14.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 2006 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/2.5
