Security update for horde

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(Last modified: 01AUG2006)

solutions Security update for horde SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (f2da6ff214ea63d1bdc91ab0ad182930)

Applies to

Package: horde
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Novell Linux POS 9
Open Enterprise Server
Patch: patch-11113
Release: 20060801
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This update fixes the following two security issues in the Horde Application Framework:

CVE-2006-3548: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) javascript URI or an external (2) http, (3) https, or (4) ftp URI in the url parameter in services/go.php (aka the dereferrer), (5) a javascript URI in the module parameter in services/help (aka the help viewer), and (6) the name parameter in services/problem.php (aka the problem reporting screen).
CVE-2006-3549: services/go.php does not properly restrict its image proxy capability, which allows remote attackers to perform "Web tunneling" attacks and use the server as a proxy via (1) http, (2) https, and (3) ftp URL in the url parameter, which is requested from the server.

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fvh horde.rpm

links to download packages

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Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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