[roundup] [CVE-2008-1474] cross-site scripting vulnerability

Bug #227276 reported by disabled.user
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
roundup (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
roundup (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
William Grant
Dapper
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Feisty
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Gutsy
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
Hardy
Fix Released
High
William Grant
Intrepid
Fix Released
High
William Grant

Bug Description

Binary package hint: roundup

References:
DSA-1554-1 (http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1554)

QuotingDSA-1554-1:
"Roundup, an issue tracking system, fails to properly escape HTML input,
allowing an attacker to inject client-side code (typically JavaScript)
into a document that may be viewed in the victim's browser."

Quoting CVE-2008-1474:
"Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Roundup before 1.4.4 have unknown impact and attack vectors, some of which may be related to cross-site scripting (XSS)."

CVE References

Changed in roundup:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus) wrote :

Does this mean 8.04's roundup is susceptible as things stand? I see all those "nominated" for release after release. I was planning on installing it, but now I'm not sure.

William Grant (wgrant)
Changed in roundup:
assignee: nobody → wgrant
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → wgrant
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
William Grant (wgrant) wrote :

Actually, my last merge fixed this in Hardy months ago. It's safe.

Changed in roundup:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Hew (hew) wrote :

Ubuntu Feisty Fawn is no longer supported, so a SRU will not be issued for this release. Marking Feisty as Won't Fix.

Changed in roundup:
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h) wrote :

The 18 month support period for Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 has reached its end of life -
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol . As a result, we are closing the
Gutsy task.

Changed in roundup (Ubuntu Gutsy):
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote :

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. dapper has reached EOL
(End of Life) and is no longer supported. As a result, this bug
against dapper is being marked "Won't Fix". Please see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases for currently supported Ubuntu
releases.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in roundup (Ubuntu Dapper):
status: New → Won't Fix
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