Neil McGovern
2007-Mar-03 20:32 UTC
[SECURITY] [DTSA-34-1] New wordpress packages fix cross-site scripting
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-34-1 March 3rd, 2007 secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org Neil McGovern http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : wordpress Vulnerability : cross-site scripting Problem-Scope : remote Debian-specific: No CVE ID : CVE-2007-1049 A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wp_explain_nonce function in the nonce AYS functionality (wp-includes/functions.php) for WordPress 2.0 before 2.0.9 and 2.1 before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the file parameter to wp-admin/templates.php, and possibly other vectors involving the action variable. Please note that wordpress is not present in sarge. For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version 2.0.9-1 For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version 2.1.1-1 This upgrade is recommended if you use wordpress. The Debian testing security team does not track security issues for the stable (sarge) and oldstable (woody) distributions. If stable is vulnerable, the Debian security team will make an announcement once a fix is ready. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free To install the update, run this command as root: apt-get update && apt-get install wordpress For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer to http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF6dVl97LBwbNFvdMRApRCAJ9SAETn6PJFsLsKIndHU8kjQhfWggCcCRh1 /S5jxzUzJQ1DmLrV8sBQjQ8=WAnE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----