oss-security - CVE update (CVE-2016-5395) - Fixed in Apache Ranger 0.6.1

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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:42:09 -0400
From: Velmurugan Periasamy <vel@...che.org>
To: "security@...che.org" <security@...che.org>,
	"oss-security@...ts.openwall.com" <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>,
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	<victor.hora@...urusglobal.com>
CC: "dev@...ger.incubator.apache.org" <dev@...ger.incubator.apache.org>,
	"user@...ger.incubator.apache.org" <user@...ger.incubator.apache.org>,
	"private@...ger.incubator.apache.org" <private@...ger.incubator.apache.org>,
	Velmurugan Periasamy <vel@...che.org>
Subject: CVE update (CVE-2016-5395) - Fixed in Apache Ranger 0.6.1

Hello:

Here¹s a CVE update for Ranger 0.6.1 release. Please see below details.

Release details can be found at
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/0.6.1+Release+-+Apache+Ra
nger

Thank you,
Velmurugan Periasamy

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CVE-2016-5395: Apache Ranger Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability
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Severity: Normal 
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected: All 0.5.x versions of Apache Ranger and version 0.6.0
Users Affected: All users of ranger policy admin tool
Description: Apache Ranger was found to be vulnerable to a
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the create user functionality. Admin users
can
store some arbitrary javascript code to be executed when normal users login
and
access policies. 
Fix details: Added logic to sanitize the user input
Mitigation: Users should upgrade to 0.6.1 or later version of Apache Ranger
with the fix.
Credit: Thanks to Victor Hora from Securus Global for reporting this issue.
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