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TWiki "rev" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16820
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Release Date:
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2005-09-15
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Last Update:
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2005-09-26
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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: | TWiki
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2877 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in TWiki, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "rev" parameter in "/cgi-bin/view/Main/TWikiUsers" isn't properly sanitised before being used in a shell expression. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands via special shell meta characters.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions TWikiRelease02Sep2004, TWikiRelease01Sep2004, TWikiRelease01Feb2003, TWikiRelease01Dec2001, and TWikiRelease01Dec2000.
Solution:
Apply patches.
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWithRev
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits B4dP4nd4.
Changelog:
2005-09-26: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
Original Advisory:
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertExecuteCommandsWithRev
Other References:
US-CERT VU#757181:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/757181
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7. TWiki Restricted Content Access and Denial of Service
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8. TWiki "%INCLUDE" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
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