File git-prevent_xss-default.diff of Package git.18617
From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] gitweb: Enable $prevent_xss by default
This fixes issue CVE-2011-2186 originally reported in
https://launchpad.net/bugs/777804
Reported-by: dave b <db.pub.mail@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@...il.com>
---
git-instaweb.sh | 4 ++++
gitweb/README | 5 +++--
gitweb/gitweb.perl | 2 +-
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Index: git-2.11.0/git-instaweb.sh
===================================================================
--- git-2.11.0.orig/git-instaweb.sh
+++ git-2.11.0/git-instaweb.sh
@@ -598,6 +598,10 @@ our \$projectroot = "$(dirname "$fqgitdi
our \$git_temp = "$fqgitdir/gitweb/tmp";
our \$projects_list = \$projectroot;
+# we can trust our own repository, so disable XSS prevention
+# to enable some extra features
+our \$prevent_xss = 0;
+
\$feature{'remote_heads'}{'default'} = [1];
EOF
}
Index: git-2.11.0/gitweb/gitweb.perl
===================================================================
--- git-2.11.0.orig/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ git-2.11.0/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ our @diff_opts = ('-M'); # taken from gi
# Disables features that would allow repository owners to inject script into
# the gitweb domain.
-our $prevent_xss = 0;
+our $prevent_xss = 1;
# Path to the highlight executable to use (must be the one from
# http://www.andre-simon.de due to assumptions about parameters and output).