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SWORD diatheke.pl Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13897
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Release Date:
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2005-01-21
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Last Update:
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2008-02-19
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Popularity:
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5,775 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | SWORD 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0015
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Description:
Ulf Härnhammar has reported a vulnerability in SWORD, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in diatheke.pl. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands via a specially crafted URL.
Solution:
Update to version 1.5.10.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Ulf Härnhammar
Changelog:
2008-02-19: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-650
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