Mantis fails to properly sanitize untrusted input before using it. This
leads to an SQL injection and several cross-site scripting
vulnerabilities.
Impact
======
An attacker could possibly use the SQL injection vulnerability to
access or modify information from the Mantis database. Furthermore the
cross-site scripting issues give an attacker the ability to inject and
execute malicious script code or to steal cookie-based authentication
credentials, potentially compromising the victim's browser.
Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All Mantis users should upgrade to the latest version:
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 (at) gentoo (dot) org [email concealed] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
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.
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-16
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mantis: XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities
Date: September 24, 2005
Bugs: #103308
ID: 200509-16
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Synopsis
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Mantis is affected by an SQL injection and several cross-site scripting
(XSS) vulnerabilities.
Background
==========
Mantis is a web-based bugtracking system written in PHP.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/mantisbt < 0.19.2 >= 0.19.2
Description
===========
Mantis fails to properly sanitize untrusted input before using it. This
leads to an SQL injection and several cross-site scripting
vulnerabilities.
Impact
======
An attacker could possibly use the SQL injection vulnerability to
access or modify information from the Mantis database. Furthermore the
cross-site scripting issues give an attacker the ability to inject and
execute malicious script code or to steal cookie-based authentication
credentials, potentially compromising the victim's browser.
Workaround
==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
==========
All Mantis users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mantisbt-0.19.2"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-2556
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2556
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-2557
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2557
[ 3 ] Secunia Advisory SA16506
http://secunia.com/advisories/16506/
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200509-16.xml
Concerns?
=========
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 (at) gentoo (dot) org [email concealed] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
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
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