GLSA 200508-14 TikiWiki, eGroupWare: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200508-14
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Severity: High
Title: TikiWiki, eGroupWare: Arbitrary command execution through
XML-RPC
Date: August 24, 2005
Bugs: #102374, #102377
ID: 200508-14

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Synopsis
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TikiWiki and eGroupWare both include PHP XML-RPC code vulnerable to
arbitrary command execution.

Background
==========

TikiWiki is a full featured Free Software Wiki, CMS and Groupware
written in PHP. eGroupWare is a web-based collaboration software suite.
Both TikiWiki and eGroupWare include a PHP library to handle XML-RPC
requests.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/tikiwiki lt; 1.8.5-r2 gt;= 1.8.5-r2
2 www-apps/egroupware lt; 1.0.0.009 gt;= 1.0.0.009
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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The XML-RPC library shipped in TikiWiki and eGroupWare improperly
handles XML-RPC requests and responses with malformed nested tags.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary
PHP script code into eval() statements by sending a specially crafted
XML document to TikiWiki or eGroupWare.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "gt;=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.8.5-r2"

All eGroupWare users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "gt;=www-apps/egroupware-1.0.0.009"

References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-2498
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?nameÊN-2005-2498

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200508-14.xml

Concerns?
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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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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