- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200508-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: PEAR XML-RPC, phpxmlrpc: New PHP script injection vulnerability Date: August 24, 2005 Bugs: #102378, #102576 ID: 200508-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== The PEAR XML-RPC and phpxmlrpc libraries allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP script commands. Background ========== The PEAR XML-RPC and phpxmlrpc libraries are both PHP implementations of the XML-RPC protocol. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-php/PEAR-XML_RPC < 1.4.0 >= 1.4.0 2 dev-php/phpxmlrpc < 1.2-r1 >= 1.2-r1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== Stefan Esser of the Hardened-PHP Project discovered that the PEAR XML-RPC and phpxmlrpc libraries were improperly handling XMLRPC 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 web applications making use of these libraries. Workaround ========== There are no known workarounds at this time. Resolution ========== All PEAR-XML_RPC users should upgrade to the latest available version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/PEAR-XML_RPC-1.4.0" All phpxmlrpc users should upgrade to the latest available version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/phpxmlrpc-1.2-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2005-2498 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2498 [ 2 ] Hardened-PHP 14/2005 Advisory http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_142005.66.html [ 3 ] Hardened-PHP 15/2005 Advisory http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_152005.67.html Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200508-13.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 http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= 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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0