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Alkalay notify "from" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA16886
Release Date: 2005-09-21
Last Update: 2005-10-04
Popularity: 4,831 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Alkalay notify 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-3095


Description:
sullo has discovered a vulnerability in Alkalay notify, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "from" parameter in "notify.cgi" isn't properly sanitised before being used in an "open()" call. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands via the "|" pipe character.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.91. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
sullo

Changelog:
2005-10-04: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.cirt.net/advisories/alkalay.shtml


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