Gentoo: GLSA-202303-15 Critical: phpAnalyzer Code Execution Threat
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November 11, 2011
phpDocumentor bundles Smarty which contains an input sanitation flaw, allowing attackers to call arbitrary PHP functions.
Summary
phpDocumentor bundles Smarty with the modifier.regex_replace.php plug-in which does not properly sanitize input related to the ASCII NUL character in a search string.
Resolution
All phpDocumentor users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-php/PEAR-PhpDocumentor-1.4.3-r1"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since February 12, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since February 12, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2008-1066 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-1066
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201111-04
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: phpDocumentor: Function call injection
Date: November 11, 2011
Bugs: #213318
ID: 201111-04
Background
The phpDocumentor package provides automatic documenting of PHP API
directly from the source.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-php/PEAR-PhpDocumentor
< 1.4.3-r1 >= 1.4.3-r1
Impact
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A remote attacker could call arbitrary PHP functions via templates.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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