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PEAR XML_RPC Nested XML Tags PHP Code Execution
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16429
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Release Date:
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2005-08-15
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Popularity:
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9,198 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: | PEAR XML_RPC 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2498
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Description:
Stefan Esser has reported a vulnerability in PEAR XML-RPC, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Certain XML tags that are nested in parsed documents are not properly sanitised before being used in an "eval()" call. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.3.3 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.0.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Stefan Esser, Hardened-PHP Project.
Original Advisory:
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_142005.66.html
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