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SafeHTML "_writeAttrs()" Quote Handling Security Bypass
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15371
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Release Date:
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2005-05-17
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Last Update:
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2005-05-19
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Popularity:
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5,476 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | SafeHTML 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1638
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in SafeHTML, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the quotes handling of attributes values in "_writeAttrs()". This may be exploited to bypass the blocking of dangerous content in HTML in an application using SafeHTML for parsing HTML code.
Solution:
Update to version 1.3.2.
http://pixel-apes.com/safehtml/
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Nick Cleaton.
Changelog:
2005-05-19: Added CVE reference.
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