GLSA 200611-11: TikiWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	TikiWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/20/2006
Bugs:	#153820
ID:	200611-11

Synopsis

TikiWiki allows for the disclosure of MySQL database authentication credentials and for cross-site scripting attacks.

Background

TikiWiki is an open source content management system written in PHP.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apps/tikiwiki	< 1.9.6	>= 1.9.6	All supported architectures

Description

In numerous files TikiWiki provides an empty sort_mode parameter, causing TikiWiki to display additional information, including database authentication credentials, in certain error messages. TikiWiki also improperly sanitizes the "url" request variable sent to tiki-featured_link.php.

Impact

An attacker could cause a database error in various pages of a TikiWiki instance by providing an empty sort_mode request variable, and gain unauthorized access to credentials of the MySQL databases used by TikiWiki. An attacker could also entice a user to browse to a specially crafted URL that could run scripts in the scope of the user's browser.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.9.6"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-11.xml

Concerns?

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