SB2014061601 - Cross-site scripting in djblets

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3995)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in gravatars/templatetags/gravatars.py in Djblets. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/494
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/498
• http://secunia.com/advisories/58691
• https://github.com/djblets/djblets/commit/50000d0bbb983fa8c097b588d06b64df8df483bd
• https://github.com/djblets/djblets/commit/77ac64642ad530bf69e390c51fc6fdcb8914c8e7
• https://github.com/djblets/djblets/commit/e2c79117efd925636acd871a5f473512602243cf