GLSA 200503-04: phpWebSite: Arbitrary PHP execution and path disclosure

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Severity:	high
Title:	phpWebSite: Arbitrary PHP execution and path disclosure
Date:	03/01/2005
Bugs:	#83297
ID:	200503-04

Synopsis

Remote attackers can upload and execute arbitrary PHP scripts, another flaw reveals the full path of scripts.

Background

phpWebSite provides a complete web site content management system.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apps/phpwebsite	< 0.10.0-r2	>= 0.10.0-r2	All supported architectures

Description

NST discovered that, when submitting an announcement, uploaded files aren't correctly checked for malicious code. They also found out that phpWebSite is vulnerable to a path disclosure.

Impact

A remote attacker can exploit this issue to upload files to a directory within the web root. By calling the uploaded script the attacker could then execute arbitrary PHP code with the rights of the web server. By passing specially crafted requests to the search module, remote attackers can also find out the full path of PHP scripts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest available version:

    # emerge --sync 
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/phpwebsite-0.10.0-r2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-04.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.