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GLSA-200805-04 : eGroupWare: Multiple vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 32152
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-200805-04 (eGroupWare: Multiple vulnerabilities)A vulnerability has been reported in FCKEditor due to the way that file uploads are handled in the file editor/filemanager/upload/php/upload.php when a filename has multiple file extensions (CVE-2008-2041). Another vulnerability exists in the
_bad_protocol_once() function in the file phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php, which allows remote attackers to bypass HTML filtering (CVE-2008-1502).
Impact :
The first vulnerability can be exploited to upload malicious files and execute arbitrary PHP code provided that a directory is writable by the webserver. The second vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers via a specially crafted URL in order to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All eGroupWare users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/egroupware-1.4.004'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 32152
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200805-04.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 5/9/2008
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:egroupware, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2008
Exploitable With
CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)
Elliot (Moodle <= 1.8.4 RCE)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1502, CVE-2008-2041