As many already know, a serious security issue was fixed in the 2.3 timeframe. It does not
affect all installations
specifically installations with databases such as MySql which disallow multiple queries to
be executed at once.
Still for those who are affected this is quite serious and I believe in taking a proactive
stance on security.
I would like to send a security advisory email to the users list which says the
following:
1. Explain the problem clearly but without any sample exploit.
2. Provide a groovy snippet to test if a database allows multiple queries.
3. Provide a link to the patch which was used to plug the hole in 2.3 so security
concerned users who are unable
to upgrade may include it in custom builds. This patch is simplistic and likely to apply
cleanly or with little
work on all versions.
WDYT?
Caleb