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TITLE:
Snorby "in_xml()" Information Disclosure Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA52057

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RELEASE DATE:
2013-02-01

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DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Snorby, which can be exploited by
malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information.

The weakness is caused due to an unspecified error within the
"in_xml()" method (app/models/event.rb) and can be exploited to
disclose certain user related data.

The weakness is reported in version 2.5.5. Prior versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.5.6.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Joshua Heiks.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Snorby:
https://github.com/Snorby/snorby/blob/master/ChangeLog.md
https://github.com/Snorby/snorby/commit/0796269fde3aa8b4c19ea6309b68ebf77e42c9df

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