GLSA 200501-08: phpGroupWare: Various vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	phpGroupWare: Various vulnerabilities
Date:	01/06/2005
Bugs:	#74487
ID:	200501-08

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpGroupWare that could lead to information disclosure or remote compromise.

Background

phpGroupWare is a web-based suite of group applications including a calendar, todo-list, addressbook, email, wiki, news headlines, and a file manager.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apps/phpgroupware	< 0.9.16.004	>= 0.9.16.004	All supported architectures

Description

Several flaws were discovered in phpGroupWare making it vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks, SQL injection, and full path disclosure.

Impact

These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks, execute SQL queries, and disclose the full path of the web directory.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All phpGroupWare users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/phpgroupware-0.9.16.004"

Note: Users with the vhosts USE flag set should manually use webapp-config to finalize the update.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-08.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.