gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200412-27.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200412-27">
  <title>PHProjekt: Remote code execution vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    PHProjekt contains a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute
    arbitrary PHP code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">PHProjekt</product>
  <announced>December 30, 2004</announced>
  <revised>December 30, 2004: 01</revised>
  <bug>75858</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-apps/phprojekt" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">4.2-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">4.2-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    PHProjekt is a modular groupware web application used to
    coordinate group activities and share files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    cYon discovered that the authform.inc.php script allows a remote
    user to define the global variable $path_pre.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to force
    authform.inc.php to download and execute arbitrary PHP code with the
    privileges of the web server user.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All PHProjekt users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-apps/phprojekt-4.2-r2&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.phprojekt.com/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=193&amp;mode=thread&amp;order=0">PHProjekt Advisory</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:45:27 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:45:35 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>