Gentoo: GLSA-200803-06: SWORD: Shell command injection
Summary
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Severity: High Title: SWORD: Shell command injection Date: March 03, 2008 Bugs: #210754 ID: 200803-06
Synopsis ======= Insufficient input checking in SWORD may allow shell command injection.
Background ========= SWORD is a library for Bible study software.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/sword < 1.5.8-r2 >= 1.5.8-r2
========== Dan Dennison reported that the diatheke.pl script used in SWORD does not properly sanitize shell meta-characters in the "range" parameter before processing it.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could provide specially crafted input to a vulnerable application, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the user running SWORD (generally the web server account).
Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ========= All SWORD users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/sword-1.5.8-r2"
References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2008-0932 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0932
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-06
Concerns? ======== 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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License ====== Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
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