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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-06 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC |
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Date: July 06, 2005 |
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Bugs: #97648 |
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ID: 200507-06 |
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Synopsis |
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TikiWiki includes PHP XML-RPC code, making it vulnerable to arbitrary |
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command execution. |
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Background |
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TikiWiki is a web-based groupware and content management system (CMS), |
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using PHP, ADOdb and Smarty. TikiWiki includes vulnerable PHP XML-RPC |
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code. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-apps/tikiwiki < 1.8.5-r1 >= 1.8.5-r1 |
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Description |
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TikiWiki is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution as described in |
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GLSA 200507-01. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary |
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PHP code by sending specially crafted XML data. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.8.5-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] GLSA 200507-01 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-01.xml |
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[ 2 ] CAN-2005-1921 |
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http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1921 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-06.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |