GLSA 200803-06: SWORD: Shell command injection

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Severity:	high
Title:	SWORD: Shell command injection
Date:	03/03/2008
Bugs:	#210754
ID:	200803-06

Synopsis

Insufficient input checking in SWORD may allow shell command injection.

Background

SWORD is a library for Bible study software.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-text/sword	< 1.5.8-r2	>= 1.5.8-r2	All supported architectures

Description

Dan Dennison reported that the diatheke.pl script used in SWORD does not properly sanitize shell meta-characters in the "range" parameter before processing it.

Impact

A remote attacker could provide specially crafted input to a vulnerable application, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the user running SWORD (generally the web server account).

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All SWORD users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/sword-1.5.8-r2"

References

CVE-2008-0932

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-06.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.