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Open WebMail "vacation.pl" Arbitrary Program Execution Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12017
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Release Date:
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2004-07-06
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Last Update:
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2005-07-26
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Popularity:
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9,579 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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: | Open WebMail 1.x
Open WebMail 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-2284
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Description:
Ken Girrard has reported a vulnerability in Open WebMail, which can be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary application.
The vulnerability is caused due to the "vacation.pl" script opening list files without checking their existence.
Successful exploitation executes an arbitrary program on the server with the privileges of the apache process.
Solution:
Update to version 2.32 after 2004-06-29 or apply patch.
Patch:
http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/do...rt/patches/SA-04:04/vacation.pl.patch
Provided and/or discovered by:
Ken Girrard
Changelog:
2005-07-26: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=2640281
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