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diff --git a/docs/xml/security.xml b/docs/xml/security.xml
index e68577b4c..f33b00335 100644
--- a/docs/xml/security.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/security.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> -->
-<!-- $Id: security.xml,v 1.7 2005/08/21 18:16:41 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: security.xml,v 1.8 2005/11/08 13:34:37 wurblzap%gmail.com Exp $ -->
<chapter id="security">
<title>Bugzilla Security</title>
@@ -352,28 +352,25 @@ skip-networking
<section id="security-bugzilla-charset">
<title>Prevent users injecting malicious Javascript</title>
- <para>It is possible for a Bugzilla user to take advantage of character
- set encoding ambiguities to inject HTML into Bugzilla comments. This
- could include malicious scripts.
- Due to internationalization concerns, we are unable to
- incorporate by default the code changes suggested by
+ <para>If you installed Bugzilla version 2.22 or later from scratch,
+ then the <emphasis>utf8</emphasis> parameter is switched on by default.
+ This makes Bugzilla explicitly set the character encoding, following
<ulink
- url="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/malicious_code_mitigation.html#3">the
- CERT advisory</ulink> on this issue.
- Making the change in <xref linkend="security-bugzilla-charset-ex"/> will
- prevent this problem.
+ url="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/malicious_code_mitigation.html#3">a
+ CERT advisory</ulink> recommending exactly this.
+ The following therefore does not apply to you; just keep
+ <emphasis>utf8</emphasis> turned on.
</para>
- <example id="security-bugzilla-charset-ex">
- <title>Forcing Bugzilla to output a charset</title>
-
- <para>Locate the following line in
- <filename>Bugzilla/CGI.pm</filename>:
- <programlisting>$self->charset('');</programlisting>
- and change it to:
- <programlisting>$self->charset('UTF-8');</programlisting>
- </para>
- </example>
+ <para>If you've upgraded from an older version, then it may be possible
+ for a Bugzilla user to take advantage of character set encoding
+ ambiguities to inject HTML into Bugzilla comments.
+ This could include malicious scripts.
+ This is because due to internationalization concerns, we are unable to
+ turn the <emphasis>utf8</emphasis> parameter on by default for upgraded
+ installations.
+ Turning it on manually will prevent this problem.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>