ht://Dig: Cross-site scripting vulnerability

ht://Dig: Cross-site scripting vulnerability ht://Dig is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. htdig 2005-02-13 2005-02-13 80602 remote 3.1.6-r7 3.1.6-r7

ht://Dig is an HTTP/HTML indexing and searching system.

Michael Krax discovered that ht://Dig fails to validate the 'config' parameter before displaying an error message containing the parameter. This flaw could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

By sending a carefully crafted message, an attacker can inject and execute script code in the victim's browser window. This allows to modify the behaviour of ht://Dig, and/or leak session information such as cookies to the attacker.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All ht://Dig users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-misc/htdig-3.1.6-r7"

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