GLSA 200508-20: phpGroupWare: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	phpGroupWare: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/30/2005
Bugs:	#102379
ID:	200508-20

Synopsis

phpGroupWare is vulnerable to multiple issues ranging from information disclosure to a potential execution of arbitrary code.

Background

phpGroupWare is a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apps/phpgroupware	< 0.9.16.008	>= 0.9.16.008	All supported architectures

Description

phpGroupWare improperly validates the "mid" parameter retrieved via a forum post. The current version of phpGroupWare also adds several safeguards to prevent XSS issues, and disables the use of a potentially vulnerable XML-RPC library.

Impact

A remote attacker may leverage the XML-RPC vulnerability to execute arbitrary PHP script code. He could also create a specially crafted request that will reveal private posts.

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-0.9.16.008"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200508-20.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.