DSA-1405-3 zope-cmfplone -- missing input sanitising

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2007-5741  

It was discovered that Plone, a web content management system, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted web browser cookies. The oldstable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.1-4etch3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.2-3. We recommend that you upgrade your zope-cmfplone package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1405-3 zope-cmfplone -- missing input sanitising

Date Reported:
09 Nov 2007
Affected Packages:
zope-cmfplone
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 449523.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-5741.
More information:

It was discovered that Plone, a web content management system, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted web browser cookies.

The oldstable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.1-4etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.2-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your zope-cmfplone package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zope-cmfplone/zope-cmfplone_2.5.1-4etch4.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zope-cmfplone/zope-cmfplone_2.5.1-4etch4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zope-cmfplone/zope-cmfplone_2.5.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zope-cmfplone/plone-site_2.5.1-4etch4_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zope-cmfplone/zope-cmfplone_2.5.1-4etch4_all.deb

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