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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0172 -- [Win]
Patch available for RoboHelp Cross-Site Scripting issue
19 February 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: RoboHelp 7
RoboHelp 6
Publisher: Adobe
Operating System: Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Impact: Cross-site Scripting
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-0642
Original Bulletin:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-05.html
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Patch available for RoboHelp Cross-Site Scripting issue
Release date: February 12, 2008
Vulnerability identifier: APSB08-05
CVE number: CVE-2008-0642
Platform: All platforms
Affected software versions: RoboHelp 6, RoboHelp 7
Summary
A specially crafted URL could be used to create a cross-site scripting
attack against files generated by RoboHelp 6 and RoboHelp 7.
Solution
Adobe strongly recommends users update their RoboHelp 6 and Robohelp 7
installations.
For RoboHelp 7:
RoboHelp 7 users can utilize the product's automatic update facility
by selecting Help>Updates.
For RoboHelp 6:
To install for WebHelp and FlashHelp:
1. Download the update file. This zip file has a few files in a folder
structure.
2. The files in WebHelp5Ext\template_csh folder should be copied to
\robohtml\ WebHelp5Ext\template_csh.
3. The files in WebHelp5Ext\template_stock folder should be copied to
\robohtml\ WebHelp5Ext\template_stock.
4. The files in WildFireExt\template_csh folder should be copied to
\robohtml\WildFireExt\template_csh.
5. The files in WildFireExt \template_stock folder should be copied to
\robohtml\ WildFireExt \template_stock.
6. Restart RoboHelp.
7. Re-generate RoboHelp content.
8. Replace existing content with newly generated RoboHelp content.
For customers who have customized templates - to manually update file(s)
for WebHelp and FlashHelp:
1. Download and unzip the update file.
2. Locate files to be patched in the unzipped folders which maps to
\RoboHTML\ (WebHelp5Ext and WildFireExt) folders.
3. Note that various string assignment have been changed with the
IsInternal() and _textToHtml() function calls. Also note the
additions done to include whutils.js in few HTML templates.
4. Incorporate these changes into your customized templates.
5. Add the new function IsInternal() from whutils.js for both WebHelp
and FlashHelp.
6. Restart RoboHelp.
7. Regenerate output after these changes are done in the templates.
Severity rating
Adobe categorizes this as an important issue and recommends affected
users patch their installations.
Details
A specially crafted URL could be used to create a cross-site scripting
attack against files generated by RoboHelp. This issue is remotely
exploitable.
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank Tavis Ormandy of Google for reporting this
vulnerability and for working with us to help protect our customers'
security.
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