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[Melissa Draper <melissa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Patch added: "New patch for natty"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mahara/+bug/888358/+attachment/2597119/+files/natty.diff

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Title:
  Several security updates for Mahara

Status in “mahara” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “mahara” source package in Lucid:
  Confirmed
Status in “mahara” source package in Maverick:
  Confirmed
Status in “mahara” source package in Natty:
  Confirmed
Status in “mahara” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed
Status in “mahara” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Here are patches to fix a number of very serious security issues in
  lucid, maverick, natty and oneiric versions of Mahara.

  Issues affecting both 1.2.x and 1.4.0 are:

    * XSS in unvalidated URI attributes
      - CVE-2011-2771
      - Upstream advisory: http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4135
   
    * DoS attack via invalid or excessively large images
      - CVE-2011-2772
      - Upstream advisory: http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4133
   
    *  XSRF allowing attackers to trick an admin into adding them to an institution
      - CVE-2011-2773
      - Upstream advisory: http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4137
   
    *  Prevent masquerading users from jumping via XMLRPC as others
      - CVE pending from oss-sec list via debian security list
      - Upstream advisory: http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4138

  One issue affects the 1.4.0 version of Mahara in Oneiric:

     * Information disclosure exposing private messages
       - CVE-2011-2774
       - Upstream advisory: http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4134

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