GLSA 200507-06: TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC

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Severity:	high
Title:	TikiWiki: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC
Date:	07/06/2005
Bugs:	#97648
ID:	200507-06

Synopsis

TikiWiki includes PHP XML-RPC code, making it vulnerable to arbitrary command execution.

Background

TikiWiki is a web-based groupware and content management system (CMS), using PHP, ADOdb and Smarty. TikiWiki includes vulnerable PHP XML-RPC code.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apps/tikiwiki	< 1.8.5-r1	>= 1.8.5-r1	All supported architectures

Description

TikiWiki is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution as described in GLSA 200507-01.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary PHP code by sending specially crafted XML data.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.8.5-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-06.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.