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From: Stefan Cornelius <dercorny@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200604-02 ] Horde Application Framework: Remote code execution
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:57:38
Message-Id: 200604042035.58422.dercorny@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200604-02
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: Horde Application Framework: Remote code execution
9 Date: April 04, 2006
10 Bugs: #127889, #126435
11 ID: 200604-02
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15 Synopsis
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18 The help viewer of the Horde Framework allows attackers to execute
19 arbitrary remote code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 The Horde Application Framework is a general-purpose web application
25 framework written in PHP, providing classes for handling preferences,
26 compression, browser detection, connection tracking, MIME and more.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 www-apps/horde < 3.1.1 >= 3.1.1
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36 Description
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39 Jan Schneider of the Horde team discovered a vulnerability in the help
40 viewer of the Horde Application Framework that could allow remote code
41 execution (CVE-2006-1491). Paul Craig reported that "services/go.php"
42 fails to validate the passed URL parameter correctly (CVE-2006-1260).
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44 Impact
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47 An attacker could exploit the vulnerability in the help viewer to
48 execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the web server user. By
49 embedding a NULL character in the URL parameter, an attacker could
50 exploit the input validation issue in go.php to read arbitrary files.
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52 Workaround
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55 There are no known workarounds at this time.
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57 Resolution
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60 All Horde Application Framework users should upgrade to the latest
61 version:
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63 # emerge --sync
64 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/horde-3.1.1"
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66 References
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69 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-1260
70 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1260
71 [ 2 ] CVE-2006-1491
72 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1491
73 [ 3 ] Horde Announcement
74 http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2006/000271.html
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76 Availability
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79 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
80 the Gentoo Security Website:
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82 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200604-02.xml
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84 Concerns?
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87 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
88 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
89 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
90 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
91 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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93 License
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96 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
97 belongs to its owner(s).
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99 The contents of this document are licensed under the
100 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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102 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0