GLSA 200508-21: phpWebSite: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC and SQL injection

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Severity:	high
Title:	phpWebSite: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC and SQL injection
Date:	08/31/2005
Bugs:	#102785
ID:	200508-21

Synopsis

phpWebSite is vulnerable to multiple issues which result in the execution of arbitrary code and SQL injection.

Background

phpWebSite is a web site content management system.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apps/phpwebsite	< 0.10.2_rc2	>= 0.10.2_rc2	All supported architectures

Description

phpWebSite uses an XML-RPC library that improperly handles XML-RPC requests and responses with malformed nested tags. Furthermore, "matrix_killer" reported that phpWebSite is vulnerable to an SQL injection attack.

Impact

A malicious remote user could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary PHP script code into eval() statements by sending a specially crafted XML document, and also inject SQL commands to access the underlying database directly.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All phpWebSite users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/phpwebsite-0.10.2_rc2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200508-21.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.