[DRE-maint] Bug#882544: redmine: CVE-2017-15568

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: redmine
Version: 3.3.1-4
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://www.redmine.org/issues/27186

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for redmine.

CVE-2017-15568[0]:
| In Redmine before 3.2.8, 3.3.x before 3.3.5, and 3.4.x before 3.4.3,
| XSS exists in app/helpers/application_helper.rb via a multi-value field
| with a crafted value that is mishandled during rendering of issue
| history.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15568
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15568
[1] https://www.redmine.org/issues/27186
[2] https://github.com/redmine/redmine/commit/94f7cfbf990028348b9262578acbc53a94fce448

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore