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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/en/xml/security.xml | 37 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/en/xml/using.xml | 77 |
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 84 deletions
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/security.xml b/docs/en/xml/security.xml index 394976d6b..7f47483cc 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/security.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/security.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> --> -<!-- $Id: security.xml,v 1.10 2008/04/04 06:48:17 mozilla%colinogilvie.co.uk Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: security.xml,v 1.7 2008/04/04 06:48:14 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ --> <chapter id="security"> <title>Bugzilla Security</title> @@ -352,25 +352,28 @@ skip-networking <section id="security-bugzilla-charset"> <title>Prevent users injecting malicious Javascript</title> - <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 + <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 <ulink - 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. + 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. </para> - <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> + <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> </section> </section> diff --git a/docs/en/xml/using.xml b/docs/en/xml/using.xml index dc56e4f06..5a11730cc 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/using.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/using.xml @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ <section id="query"> <title>Searching for Bugs</title> - <para>The Bugzilla Search page is the interface where you can find + <para>The Bugzilla Search page is is the interface where you can find any bug report, comment, or patch currently in the Bugzilla system. You can play with it here: <ulink url="&landfillbase;query.cgi"/>.</para> @@ -796,76 +796,27 @@ <section id="userpreferences"> <title>User Preferences</title> - <para>Once you have logged in, you can customise various aspects of + <para>Once you have logged in, you can customise various aspects of Bugzilla via the "Edit prefs" link in the page footer. The preferences are split into three tabs:</para> - <section id="accountpreferences" xreflabel="Account Preferences"> - <title>Account Preferences</title> + <section id="accountsettings" xreflabel="Account Settings"> + <title>Account Settings</title> <para>On this tab, you can change your basic account information, including your password, email address and real name. For security - reasons, in order to change anything on this page you must type your + reasons, in order to change anything on this page you must type your <emphasis>current</emphasis> - password into the + password into the <quote>Password</quote> - field at the top of the page. + field at the top of the page. If you attempt to change your email address, a confirmation email is sent to both the old and new addresses, with a link to use to confirm the change. This helps to prevent account hijacking.</para> </section> - <section id="generalpreferences" xreflabel="General Preferences"> - <title>General Preferences</title> - - <para> - This tab allows you to change several Bugzilla behavior. - </para> - - <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> - <listitem> - <para> - Field separator character for CSV files - - This controls separator character used in CSV formatted Bug List. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - After changing bugs - This controls which bugs or no bugs - are shown in the page after you changed bugs. - You can select the bug you've changed this time, or the next - bug of the list. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Add individual bugs to saved searches - this controls - whether you can add individual bugs to saved searches - or you can't. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - When viewing a bug, show comments in this order - - This controls the order of comments, you can select below: - <simplelist> - <member>Initial description, comment 1, comment 2, ...</member> - <member>Initial description, last comment, ..., comment 2, comment 1.</member> - <member>Initial last comment, ..., comment 2, comment 1, description.</member> - </simplelist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Show a quip at the top of each bug list - This controls - whether a quip will be shown on the Bug list page or not. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </section> - - <section id="emailpreferences"> - <title>Email Preferences</title> + <section id="emailsettings"> + <title>Email Settings</title> <para> This tab controls the amount of email Bugzilla sends you. @@ -901,7 +852,7 @@ Your Bugzilla administrator can stop a user from receiving bugmail by adding the user's name to the <filename>data/nomail</filename> file. This is a drastic step - best taken only for disabled accounts, as it overrides + best taken only for disabled accounts, as it overrides the the user's individual mail preferences. </para> </note> @@ -1222,14 +1173,6 @@ appended to the flag name within parentheses. For example, if Jack asks Jill for review, it appears as Jack: review [ ? ] (Jill). </para> - - <para> - You can browse through open requests made of you and by you by selecting - 'My Requests' from the footer. You can also look at open requests limited - by other requesters, requestees, products, components, and flag names from - this page. Note that you can use '-' for requestee to specify flags with - 'no requestee' set. - </para> </section> <section id="whining"> |