Gentoo: GLSA-200411-33 High: TWiki Command Execution Risk
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November 24, 2004
A bug in the TWiki search function allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the permissions of the user running TWiki.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-33
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: TWiki: Arbitrary command execution
Date: November 24, 2004
Bugs: #71035
ID: 200411-33
Synopsis
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A bug in the TWiki search function allows an attacker to execute
arbitrary commands with the permissions of the user running TWiki.
Background
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TWiki is a Web-based groupware tool based around the concept of wiki
pages that can be edited by anybody with a Web browser.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/twiki < 20040902 >= 20040902
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The TWiki search function, which uses a shell command executed via the
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