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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-07
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: phpWebSite: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 10, 2005
Bugs: #97461
ID: 200507-07
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Synopsis
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phpWebSite is vulnerable to the remote execution of arbitrary PHP
script code and to other, yet undisclosed, vulnerabilities.
Background
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phpWebSite is a content management system written in PHP.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/phpwebsite < 0.10.1-r1 >= 0.10.1-r1
Description
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phpWebSite fails to sanitize input sent to the XML-RPC server using the
"POST" method. Other unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered
by Diabolic Crab of Hackers Center.
Impact
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A remote attacker could exploit the XML-RPC vulnerability to execute
arbitrary PHP script code by sending specially crafted XML data to
phpWebSite. The undisclosed vulnerabilities do have an unknown impact.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest available version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-app/phpwebsite-0.10.1-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-1921
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1921
[ 2 ] phpWebSite announcement
http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=989
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-07.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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