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[DSA627] DSA-627-1 namazu2

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-627-1 namazu2

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in namazu2, a
full text search engine. A possible hacker could prepare specially crafted
input that would not be sanitised by namazu2 and hence displayed
verbatim for the victim.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.10-1woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.14-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your namazu2 package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-627
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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