Bug#504169: CVE-2008-4796: missing input sanitising in Snoopy.class.php

2008-11-01 Thread Steffen Joeris
Package: ampache Severity: grave Tags: security, patch Justification: user security hole Hi, the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities Exposures) id was published for ampache. CVE-2008-4796[0]: | The _httpsrequest function (Snoopy/Snoopy.class.php) in Snoopy 1.2.3 | and earlier allows remote

Bug#504169: CVE-2008-4796: missing input sanitising in Snoopy.class.php

2008-11-01 Thread Steffen Joeris
Hi Charlie Thanks for the bug report. I have addressed this issue in ampache-3.4.3-1 which is currently on m.d.n [1] awaiting sponsoring. With Lenny so close to release I am contacting my usual sponsor for guidance on which would be the best solution for this bug: a. use supplied patch,

Bug#504169: CVE-2008-4796: missing input sanitising in Snoopy.class.php

2008-11-01 Thread Charliej
Cheers Steffen For further information see: [0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4796 http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-4796 [1] http://klecker.debian.org/~white/libphp-snoopy/CVE-2008-4796.patch Steffen, Thanks for the bug report. I

Bug#504169: CVE-2008-4796: missing input sanitising in Snoopy.class.php

2008-11-01 Thread Charliej
This version won't help. First of all, I strongly doubt that the release team would accept such intrusive changes for lenny. Second, the file should just be removed and a dependency added against libphp-snoopy. Of course you will have to check that it still works correctly. Keep in mind

Bug#504169: CVE-2008-4796: missing input sanitising in Snoopy.class.php

2008-11-01 Thread Charliej
Steffen, I have placed ampache-3.4.1-2 up on m.d.n. for your review and upload. http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/ampache With this upload I have made the package dependent on - libphp-snoopy - to correct bug #504169 - libjs-prototype - this is also a duplicate copy of code,