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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/xml/security.xml | 37 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/docs/xml/security.xml b/docs/xml/security.xml index e68577b4c..f33b00335 100644 --- a/docs/xml/security.xml +++ b/docs/xml/security.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> --> -<!-- $Id: security.xml,v 1.7 2005/08/21 18:16:41 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: security.xml,v 1.8 2005/11/08 13:34:37 wurblzap%gmail.com Exp $ --> <chapter id="security"> <title>Bugzilla Security</title> @@ -352,28 +352,25 @@ skip-networking <section id="security-bugzilla-charset"> <title>Prevent users injecting malicious Javascript</title> - <para>It is possible for a Bugzilla user to take advantage of character - set encoding ambiguities to inject HTML into Bugzilla comments. This - could include malicious scripts. - Due to internationalization concerns, we are unable to - incorporate by default the code changes suggested by + <para>If you installed Bugzilla version 2.22 or later from scratch, + then the <emphasis>utf8</emphasis> parameter is switched on by default. + This makes Bugzilla explicitly set the character encoding, following <ulink - url="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/malicious_code_mitigation.html#3">the - CERT advisory</ulink> on this issue. - Making the change in <xref linkend="security-bugzilla-charset-ex"/> will - prevent this problem. + url="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/malicious_code_mitigation.html#3">a + CERT advisory</ulink> recommending exactly this. + The following therefore does not apply to you; just keep + <emphasis>utf8</emphasis> turned on. </para> - <example id="security-bugzilla-charset-ex"> - <title>Forcing Bugzilla to output a charset</title> - - <para>Locate the following line in - <filename>Bugzilla/CGI.pm</filename>: - <programlisting>$self->charset('');</programlisting> - and change it to: - <programlisting>$self->charset('UTF-8');</programlisting> - </para> - </example> + <para>If you've upgraded from an older version, then it may be possible + for a Bugzilla user to take advantage of character set encoding + ambiguities to inject HTML into Bugzilla comments. + This could include malicious scripts. + This is because due to internationalization concerns, we are unable to + turn the <emphasis>utf8</emphasis> parameter on by default for upgraded + installations. + Turning it on manually will prevent this problem. + </para> </section> </section> |