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GLSA-200508-18 : PhpWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19538

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200508-18 (PhpWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC)

 Earlier versions of PhpWiki contain an XML-RPC library that improperly handles XML-RPC requests and responses with malformed nested tags.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary PHP script code into eval() statements by sending a specially crafted XML document to PhpWiki.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PhpWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/phpwiki-1.3.10-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200508-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19538

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200508-18.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:phpwiki

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2498

GLSA: 200508-18