Mantis: Multiple vulnerabilities

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200809-10 / mantisbt
Release Date	September 21, 2008
Latest Revision	November 26, 2008: 02
Impact	high
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
www-apps/mantisbt	< 1.1.2	>= 1.1.2	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #222649, #233336

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mantis.

2. Impact Information

Background

Mantis is a PHP/MySQL/Web based bugtracking system.

Description

Antonio Parata and Francesco Ongaro reported a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in manage_user_create.php (CVE-2008-2276), a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in return_dynamic_filters.php (CVE-2008-3331), and an insufficient input validation in adm_config_set.php (CVE-2008-3332). A directory traversal vulnerability in core/lang_api.php (CVE-2008-3333) has also been reported.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary HTML and script code, create arbitrary users with administrative privileges, execute arbitrary PHP commands, and include arbitrary files.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mantis users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mantisbt-1.1.2"

4. References

Page updated September 21, 2008

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