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Secunia Security Advisory 28726

Secunia Security Advisory 28726
Posted Feb 1, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Alexandr Polyakov and Anton Karpov have reported a vulnerability in OpenBSD bgplg, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

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Secunia Security Advisory 28726

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TITLE:
OpenBSD bgplg "cmd" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28726

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28726/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
OpenBSD 4.1
http://secunia.com/product/16044/
OpenBSD 4.2
http://secunia.com/product/16045/

DESCRIPTION:
Alexandr Polyakov and Anton Karpov have reported a vulnerability in
OpenBSD bgplg, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks.

Input via the "cmd" parameter to the bgplg cgi-bin script is not
properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site.

The vulnerability is reported in OpenBSD 4.1. OpenBSD 4.2 may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences using a web
proxy. Fixed in CVS repository.
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/bgplg/bgplg.c.diff?r1=1.6&r2=1.7&f=h

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Alexandr Polyakov and Anton Karpov, Digital Security Research Group

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mail-archive.com/misc@openbsd.org/msg49057.html
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/bgplg/bgplg.c

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About:
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everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

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Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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