SnipSnap: HTTP response splitting

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200409-23 / snipsnap
Release Date	September 17, 2004
Latest Revision	May 22, 2006: 02
Impact	low
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
dev-java/snipsnap-bin	< 1.0_beta1	>= 1.0_beta1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #64154

Synopsis

SnipSnap is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks such as web cache poisoning, cross-user defacement, and cross-site scripting.

2. Impact Information

Background

SnipSnap is a user friendly content management system with features such as wiki and weblog.

Description

SnipSnap contains various HTTP response splitting vulnerabilities that could potentially compromise the sites data. Some of these attacks include web cache poisoning, cross-user defacement, hijacking pages with sensitive user information, and cross-site scripting. This vulnerability is due to the lack of illegal input checking in the software.

Impact

A malicious user could inject and execute arbitrary script code, potentially compromising the victim's data or browser.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All SnipSnap users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0_beta1"
# emerge ">=dev-java/snipsnap-bin-1.0beta1"

4. References

Updated September 17, 2004

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