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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200508-21 ] phpWebSite: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC and SQL injection
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:01:00
Message-Id: 200508311632.15273.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: phpWebSite: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC and
9 SQL injection
10 Date: August 31, 2005
11 Bugs: #102785
12 ID: 200508-21
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16 Synopsis
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19 phpWebSite is vulnerable to multiple issues which result in the
20 execution of arbitrary code and SQL injection.
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22 Background
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25 phpWebSite is a web site content management system.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-apps/phpwebsite < 0.10.2_rc2 >= 0.10.2_rc2
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35 Description
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38 phpWebSite uses an XML-RPC library that improperly handles XML-RPC
39 requests and responses with malformed nested tags. Furthermore,
40 "matrix_killer" reported that phpWebSite is vulnerable to an SQL
41 injection attack.
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43 Impact
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46 A malicious remote user could exploit this vulnerability to inject
47 arbitrary PHP script code into eval() statements by sending a specially
48 crafted XML document, and also inject SQL commands to access the
49 underlying database directly.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
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59 All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest version:
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61 # emerge --sync
62 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/phpwebsite-0.10.2_rc2"
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64 References
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67 [ 1 ] CAN-2005-2498
68 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2498
69 [ 2 ] Original Advisory
70 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0497.html
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200508-21.xml
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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