TITLE:
Cherokee Web Server Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19587

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Cherokee 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/2708/

DESCRIPTION:
Ruben Garrote Garcia has reported a vulnerability in Cherokee, which
can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed in HTTP requests to the web server is not properly
sanitised by the "build_hardcoded_response_page()" function in
cherokee/handler_error.c before being returned to users. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a user's
browser session in context of a vulnerable site.

Example:
http://[host]/..[code]

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.5.0. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.5.1 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ruben Garrote Garcia

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