Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in WebCalendar, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
WebCalendar "noSet" Variable Overwrite Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24403
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24403/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
WebCalendar 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5606/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in WebCalendar, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to unspecified parameters is not properly verified
before being used with the "noSet" parameter set. This can be
exploited to overwrite certain variables, and allows e.g. the
inclusion of arbitrary PHP files from internal or external
resources.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.4. Prior versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.5.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=491130
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