DSA-1459-1 gforge -- insufficient input validation

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2008-0173  

It was discovered that Gforge, a collaborative development tool, did not properly sanitise some CGI parameters, allowing SQL injection in scripts related to RSS exports. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1-31sarge5. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.14-22etch4. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.6.99+svn6330-1. We recommend that you upgrade your gforge packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1459-1 gforge -- insufficient input validation

Date Reported:
13 Jan 2008
Affected Packages:
gforge
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0173.
More information:

It was discovered that Gforge, a collaborative development tool, did not properly sanitise some CGI parameters, allowing SQL injection in scripts related to RSS exports.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1-31sarge5.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.14-22etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.6.99+svn6330-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gforge packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_3.1-31sarge5.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_3.1.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_3.1-31sarge5.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-web-apache_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-lists-mailman_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ftp-proftpd_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-db-postgresql_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-common_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-dns-bind9_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-cvs_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-sourceforge-transition_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/sourceforge_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ldap-openldap_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-postfix_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim4_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-ldap_3.1-31sarge5_all.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch4.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-dns-bind9_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ldap-openldap_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-courier_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-db-postgresql_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-postgresql_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ftp-proftpd_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim4_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-web-apache_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-ldap_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-lists-mailman_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-common_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-postfix_4.5.14-22etch4_all.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.