Gentoo alert 200803-06 (sword)

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Pierre-Yves Rofes <py@gentoo.org>
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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200803-06 ] SWORD: Shell command injection
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Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:00:10 +0100
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-06
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  Severity: High
     Title: SWORD: Shell command injection
      Date: March 03, 2008
      Bugs: #210754
        ID: 200803-06

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Synopsis
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Insufficient input checking in SWORD may allow shell command injection.

Background
==========

SWORD is a library for Bible study software.

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

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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  app-text/sword     < 1.5.8-r2                         >= 1.5.8-r2

Description
===========

Dan Dennison reported that the diatheke.pl script used in SWORD does
not properly sanitize shell meta-characters in the "range" parameter
before processing it.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could provide specially crafted input to a vulnerable
application, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary
shell commands with the privileges of the user running SWORD (generally
the web server account).

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All SWORD users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/sword-1.5.8-r2"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2008-0932
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0932

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

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-06.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 2008 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/2.5
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