Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1882-1 xapian-omega -- missing input sanitization
- Date Reported:
- 09 Sep 2009
- Affected Packages:
- xapian-omega
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-2947.
- More information:
-
It was discovered that xapian-omega, a CGI interface for searching xapian databases, is not properly escaping user supplied input when printing exceptions. An attacker can use this to conduct cross-site scripting attacks via crafted search queries resulting in an exception and steal potentially sensitive data from web applications running on the same domain or embedding the search engine into a website.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.9-1+etch1.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.7-3+lenny1.
For the testing (squeeze) and unstable (sid) distribution, this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your xapian-omega packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_0.9.9-1+etch1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xapian-omega/xapian-omega_1.0.7-3+lenny1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.