CVE-2007-2385

NameCVE-2007-2385
DescriptionThe Yahoo! UI framework exchanges data using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) without an associated protection scheme, which allows remote attackers to obtain the data via a web page that retrieves the data through a URL in the SRC attribute of a SCRIPT element and captures the data using other JavaScript code, aka "JavaScript Hijacking."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs557745, 557746, 557748

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bcfg2 (PTS)buster1.4.0~pre2+git141-g6d40dace6358-2fixed
loggerhead (PTS)bullseye1.19~bzr511-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm2.0.1+bzr541+ds-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bcfg2source(unstable)(not affected)
jiftysource(unstable)0.91117-1low557748
loggerheadsource(unstable)(not affected)
moodlesource(unstable)(not affected)
serendipitysource(unstable)1.5.3-1low557746
webguisource(unstable)(not affected)
yuisource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant557745

Notes

- bcfg2 <not-affected> (present in source but not included in any binary files)
- moodle <not-affected> (uses system libjs-yui)
- webgui <not-affected> (uses system libjs-yui)
- loggerhead <not-affected> (uses system libjs-yui)
see https://web.archive.org/web/20071105202514/http://www.fortifysoftware.com/servlet/downloads/public/JavaScript_Hijacking.pdf
This allows to steal data from affected websites. Therefore web applications should
only be considered vunerabile if they process confidential data.
The frameworks should be fixed in any case.

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