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Claroline File Inclusion Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA20003  
Release Date: 2006-05-08
Last Update: 2006-05-11

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

Software:Claroline 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2006-2284 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-2285 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-2286 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in Claroline, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "clarolineRepositorySys" and "includePath" parameters in various scripts in the "claroline/auth/extauth/drivers/" directory, the "claro_CasLibPath" parameter in "claroline/auth/extauth/casProcess.inc.php", the "includePath" parameter in "claroline/inc/lib/event/init_event_manager.inc.php", and the "rootSys" and "clarolineRepositoryAppend" parameters in "claroline/inc/lib/export_exe_tracking.class.php" isn't properly verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from external and local resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 1.7.5 and also reported in version 1.6.4. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply patches.

Claroline 1.7.5:
http://www.claroline.net/dlarea/claroline.patch17501.zip

Claroline 1.6.4:
http://www.claroline.net/dlarea/claroline.patch16401.zip

Provided and/or discovered by:
beford

Additional information provided by Kevin Fernandez.

Changelog:
2006-05-09: Kevin Fernandez reports about additional affected scripts. Updated "Description" and "Solution" sections.
2006-05-10: Updated "Solution Status" and "Solution" sections.
2006-05-11: Added CVE references.
2006-05-11: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/1766
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/045895.html

Claroline.net:
http://www.claroline.net/news.php



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