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Debian Security Advisory DSA 711-1 (info2www)
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 info2www announced via advisory DSA 711-1.
Insight
Insight
Nicolas Gregoire discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in info2www, a converter for info files to HTML. A malicious person could place a harmless looking link on the web that could cause arbitrary commands to be executed in the browser of the victim user. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2.9-20woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2.9-23. We recommend that you upgrade your info2www package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20711-1