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[GLSA-200601-13] Gallery: Cross-site scripting vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Gallery: Cross-site scripting vulnerability

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200601-13
(Gallery: Cross-site scripting vulnerability)

Peter Schumacher discovered that Gallery fails to sanitize the
fullname set by users, possibly leading to a cross-site scripting
vulnerability.

Impact

By setting a specially crafted fullname, a possible hacker can inject
and execute script code in the victim's browser window and potentially
compromise the user's gallery.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://gallery.menalto.com/page/gallery_1_5_2_release

Solution:
All Gallery users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/gallery-1.5.2"
Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use
webapp-config to finalize the update.

Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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