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GBrowse Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31596
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Release Date:
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2008-08-25
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Last Update:
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2008-08-28
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Popularity:
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1,178 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Generic Genome Browser (GBrowse) 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3781
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in GBrowse, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to unspecified parameters is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.69.
Solution:
Update to version 1.69.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfi...ackage_id=34513&release_id=621342
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-08-28: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://gmod.org/wiki/GMOD_News#GBrowse_1.69_Released
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