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Gallery EXIF Data Script Insertion and File Disclosure Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16594
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Release Date:
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2005-08-26
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Last Update:
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2005-09-05
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Popularity:
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8,911 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
Exposure of sensitive information
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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: | Gallery 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2734
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Gallery, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks or disclose certain sensitive information.
1) EXIF data stored in certain image files are not properly sanitised before being displayed to users. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when malicious EXIF data are viewed.
2) An unspecified error in the stats module can be exploited to disclose certain files.
The vulnerabilities has been reported in version 1.5.1-RC2 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 1.5-pl1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Cedric Cochin
2) ilia
Changelog:
2005-08-30: Fixed version released.
2005-09-05: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://cedri.cc/advisories/EXIF_XSS.txt
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