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INFORMATION BULLETIN
Sitebar Vulnerabilities
[Debian Security Advisory DSA-1423-1]
December 12, 2007 21:00 GMT Number S-083
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PROBLEM: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in sitebar,
a web based bookmark manager written in PHP.
PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) and 4.0 (etch)
DAMAGE: Allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary PHP
code.
SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version.
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VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Allows a remote authenticated user to
ASSESSMENT: execute arbitrary PHP code.
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LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-083.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1423
CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=
CVE-2007-5491 CVE-2007-5492 CVE-2007-5693 CVE-2007-5694
CVE-2007-5695 CVE-2007-5692
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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1423-1 sitebar -- several vulnerabilities
Date Reported:
07 Dec 2007
Affected Packages:
sitebar
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 447135, Bug 448690, Bug 448689.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-5491, CVE-2007-5492, CVE-2007-5693, CVE-2007-5694,
CVE-2007-5695, CVE-2007-5692.
More information:
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in sitebar, a web based bookmark
manager written in PHP. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:
CVE-2007-5491
A directory traversal vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticated
users to chmod arbitrary files to 0777 via .. sequences in the lang parameter.
CVE-2007-5492
A static code injection vulnerability in the translation module allows a remote
authenticated user to execute arbitrary PHP code via the value parameter.
CVE-2007-5693
An eval injection vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticated users
to execute arbitrary PHP code via the edit parameter in an upd cmd action.
CVE-2007-5694
A path traversal vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticated users
to read arbitrary files via an absolute path in the dir parameter.
CVE-2007-5695
An error in command.php allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites
via the forward parameter in a Log In action.
CVE-2007-5692
Multiple cross site scripting flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or
HTML fragments into several scripts.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.6-7.1sarge1.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.3.8-7etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 3.3.8-12.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your sitebar package.
Fixed in:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.2.6-7.1sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.2.6.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.2.6-7.1sarge1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.2.6-7.1sarge1_all.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.3.8-7etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.3.8-7etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.3.8.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.3.8-7etch1_all.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
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