diff doc/announcement.txt @ 8062:28aa76443f58

fix(security): fix CVE-2024-39124, CVE-2024-39124, and CVE-2024-39125 Directions for fixing: * `CVE-2024-39124`_ - :ref:`classhelpers (_generic.help.html) are vulnerable to an XSS attack. <CVE-2024-39124>` Requires fixing tracker homes. * `CVE-2024-39125`_ - :ref:`if Referer header is set to a script tag, it will be executed. <CVE-2024-39125>` Fixed in release 2.4.0, directions available for fixing in prior versions. * `CVE-2024-39126`_ - :ref:`PDF, XML and SVG files downloaded from an issue can contain embedded JavaScript which is executed. <CVE-2024-39126>` Fixed in release 2.4.0, directions available for fixing in prior versions. prior to 2.4.0 release this weekend that fixes the last two CVE's.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:07:09 -0400
parents 2a1bfa4db6be
children a4cb4e75d4e9
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--- a/doc/announcement.txt	Mon Jul 08 13:04:05 2024 -0400
+++ b/doc/announcement.txt	Tue Jul 09 09:07:09 2024 -0400
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <https://www.roundup-tracker.org/docs/upgrading.html>`_ to
 bring your tracker up to date.
 
-The 67 changes, as usual, include some new features and many
+The 79 changes, as usual, include some new features and many
 bug fixes.
 
 Note that you should run ``roundup-admin ... migrate`` to
@@ -22,12 +22,16 @@
 
 then unpack and test/install from the tarball.
 
-Beta 2 includes a small change to the classic tracker's
-classhelper.js to fix a bug found after beta 1 was released.
-
 Among the notable improvements in 2.4.0 from the 2.3.0
 release are:
 
+* three CVE's have been fixed. One requires changes to your
+  tracker's home directory. The other two are fixed by
+  installing 2.4.0.  See
+  https://www.roundup-tracker.org/docs/security.html for
+  details and instructions on how to fix these in 2.4.0 and
+  earlier releases.
+
 * new classhelper component thanks to a team of students
   from CS682 at U-Mass Boston. This fixes many issues with
   the old classhelper. It is implemented as a web-component
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@
 * sqlite version 1 and StructuredText support removed.
 
 The file CHANGES.txt has a detailed list of feature
-additions and bug fixes (67) for each release. The most
+additions and bug fixes for each release. The most
 recent changes from there are at the end of this
 announcement. Also see the information in doc/upgrading.txt.
 

Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/