Vulnerability Assessment & Network Security Forums



If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important.  If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery.


Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Gentoo Local Security Checks >> [GLSA-200508-14] TikiWiki, eGroupWare: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC


Vulnerability Assessment Details

[GLSA-200508-14] TikiWiki, eGroupWare: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
TikiWiki, eGroupWare: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200508-14
(TikiWiki, eGroupWare: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC)


The XML-RPC library shipped in TikiWiki and eGroupWare improperly
handles XML-RPC requests and responses with malformed nested tags.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject
arbitrary PHP script code into eval() statements by sending a specially
crafted XML document to TikiWiki or eGroupWare.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2498


Solution:
All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.8.5-r2"
All eGroupWare users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/egroupware-1.0.0.009"


Network Security Threat Level: High


Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Cables, Connectors


SanDisk 1TB SSD Plus, Internal Solid State Drive - SDSSDA-1T00-G26 picture

SanDisk 1TB SSD Plus, Internal Solid State Drive - SDSSDA-1T00-G26

$74.99



Western Digital 1TB WD Gold Enterprise Class SATA Internal HDD - WD1005FBYZ picture

Western Digital 1TB WD Gold Enterprise Class SATA Internal HDD - WD1005FBYZ

$84.99



Western Digital 1TB WD Blue PC Desktop 3.5'' Internal CMR Hard Drive - WD10EARZ picture

Western Digital 1TB WD Blue PC Desktop 3.5'' Internal CMR Hard Drive - WD10EARZ

$44.99



Western Digital 1TB WD Purple Surveillance HDD, Internal Hard Drive - WD11PURZ picture

Western Digital 1TB WD Purple Surveillance HDD, Internal Hard Drive - WD11PURZ

$52.99



Netac 1TB 2TB 512GB Internal SSD 2.5'' SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Drive lot picture

Netac 1TB 2TB 512GB Internal SSD 2.5'' SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Drive lot

$23.99



Patriot P210 128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB 2.5

Patriot P210 128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB 2.5" SATA 3 6GB/s Internal SSD PC/MAC Lot

$14.99



1TB HDD/SSD 2.5

1TB HDD/SSD 2.5" SATA Hard Drive for Laptop with Win 10/Win 11 Pro Pre-installed

$29.95



Crucial - P3 Plus 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe picture

Crucial - P3 Plus 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe

$69.99



1TB/2TB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Thumb U Disk Memory Stick Pen PC Laptop Storage US picture

1TB/2TB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Thumb U Disk Memory Stick Pen PC Laptop Storage US

$26.39



Fanxiang 4TB 2TB 1TB SSD 550MB/s 2.5'' SATA III Internal Solid State Drive lot picture

Fanxiang 4TB 2TB 1TB SSD 550MB/s 2.5'' SATA III Internal Solid State Drive lot

$198.99



Discussions

No Discussions have been posted on this vulnerability.