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TITLE:
PEAR Net_Ping Command Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37451

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37451/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Net_Ping package, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the "Net_Ping::ping()" method not
properly sanitising the "host" parameter before using it in an
"exec()" call. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary
shell commands.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.4.5.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.4.5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Pasquale Imperato.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txt

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