GLSA 200510-20: Zope: File inclusion through RestructuredText

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Zope: File inclusion through RestructuredText
Date:	10/25/2005
Bugs:	#109087
ID:	200510-20

Synopsis

Zope is vulnerable to a file inclusion vulnerability when exposing RestructuredText functionalities to untrusted users.

Background

Zope is an application server that can be used to build content management systems, intranets, portals or other custom applications.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-zope/zope	< 2.7.8	>= 2.7.8	All supported architectures

Description

Zope honors file inclusion directives in RestructuredText objects by default.

Impact

An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending malicious input that would be interpreted in a RestructuredText Zope object, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary Zope code with the rights of the Zope server.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Zope users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose net-zope/zope

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-20.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.