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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > June 2005 > Gentoo - Two Security Advisories: 1. Tor: Information disclosure [GLSA 200506-18] -- 2. squirrelmail: Several XSS vulnerabilities [GLSA 200506-19]

June 2005

Gentoo - Two Security Advisories: 1. Tor: Information disclosure [GLSA 200506-18] -- 2. squirrelmail: Several XSS vulnerabilities [GLSA 200506-19]

ID: 00508
Ref: 468/2005
Date: 22 June 2005:16:19:15
Version: 1

Title: Gentoo - Two Security Advisories: 1. Tor: Information disclosure [GLSA 200506-18] -- 2. squirrelmail: Several XSS vulnerabilities [GLSA 200506-19]
Abstract: 1. A flaw in Tor may allow the disclosure of arbitrary memory portions. -- 2. Squirrelmail is vulnerable to several cross-site scripting vulnerabilities which could lead to a compromise of webmail accounts.
Vendors affected: Gentoo
Operating systems affected: Gentoo
Applications affected: Gentoo


Title
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Gentoo - Two Security Advisories:
1. Tor: Information disclosure [GLSA 200506-18]
2. squirrelmail: Several XSS vulnerabilities [GLSA 200506-19]


Detail
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Security advisory summaries:

1. A flaw in Tor may allow the disclosure of arbitrary memory portions.

2. Squirrelmail is vulnerable to several cross-site scripting
vulnerabilities which could lead to a compromise of webmail accounts.


Security advisory content follows:


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Severity: Low
Title: Tor: Information disclosure
Date: June 21, 2005
Bugs: #96320
ID: 200506-18

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Synopsis
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A flaw in Tor may allow the disclosure of arbitrary memory portions.

Background
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Tor is an implementation of second generation Onion Routing, a
connection-oriented anonymizing communication service.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/tor < 0.0.9.10 >= 0.0.9.10

Description
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A bug in Tor allows attackers to view arbitrary memory contents from an
exit server's process space.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could exploit the memory disclosure to gain sensitive
information and possibly even private keys.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Tor users should upgrade to the latest available version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/tor-0.0.9.10"

References
==========

[ 1 ] Tor Security Announcement
http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jun-2005/msg00001.html

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-18.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0



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Severity: Low
Title: SquirrelMail: Several XSS vulnerabilities
Date: June 21, 2005
Bugs: #95937
ID: 200506-19

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Synopsis
========

Squirrelmail is vulnerable to several cross-site scripting
vulnerabilities which could lead to a compromise of webmail accounts.

Background
==========

SquirrelMail is a webmail package written in PHP. It supports IMAP and
SMTP protocols.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 mail-client/squirrelmail < 1.4.4 >= 1.4.4
< 1.4.0

Description
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SquirrelMail is vulnerable to several cross-site scripting issues, most
reported by Martijn Brinkers.

Impact
======

By enticing a user to read a specially-crafted e-mail or using a
manipulated URL, an attacker can execute arbitrary scripts running in
the context of the victim's browser. This could lead to a compromise of
the user's webmail account, cookie theft, etc.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All SquirrelMail users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/squirrelmail-1.4.4"

Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use
webapp-config to finalize the update.

References
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[ 1 ] SquirrelMail Advisory
http://www.squirrelmail.org/security/issue/2005-06-15
[ 2 ] CAN-2005-1769
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1769

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-19.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0



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