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[GLSA-200504-24] eGroupWare: XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
eGroupWare: XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-24
(eGroupWare: XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities)

Multiple SQL injection and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities
have been found in several eGroupWare modules.

Impact

A possible hacker could possibly use the SQL injection vulnerabilites to
gain information from the database. Furthermore the cross-site
scripting issues give a possible hacker the ability to inject and execute
malicious script code or to steal cookie based authentication
credentials, potentially compromising the victim's browser.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00069-04202005

Solution:
All eGroupWare users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/egroupware-1.0.0.007"

Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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