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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2414-1 (fex)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to fex announced via advisory DSA 2414-1.
Insight
Insight
Nicola Fioravanti discovered that F*X, a web service for transferring very large files, is not properly sanitizing input parameters of the fup script. An attacker can use this flaw to conduct reflected cross-site scripting attacks via various script parameters. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 20100208+debian1-1+squeeze2. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 20120215-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your fex packages.