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cbrPager Archive Handling Arbitrary Command Execution
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30417
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Release Date:
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2008-05-29
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Last Update:
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2008-06-12
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Popularity:
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1,500 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: | cbrPager 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2575
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in cbrPager, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when extracting archives via the "system()" function. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands via an archive containing shell metacharacters within the filename.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.9.17.
Solution:
Update to version 0.9.17.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Mamoru Tasaka.
Changelog:
2008-06-12: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showno...release_id=601538&group_id=119647
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448285
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