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MagpieRSS Remote Command Execution
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SUMMARY
" <http://magpierss.sourceforge.net/> MagpieRSS provides an XML-based
(expat) RSS parser in PHP."
MagpieRSS does not properly validate user provided input allowing
attackers to cause the program to execute arbitrary code.
DETAILS
Vulnerable Systems:
* MagpieRSS version 0.71.1 and prior
Immune Systems:
* MagpieRSS version 0.72
A vulnerability has been identified in MagpieRSS that could be exploited
by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an
input validation error in the "_httpsrequest" function of Snoopy when
passing malformed URLs to the "exec()" call, which could be exploited by
remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted
URL.
CVE Information:
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2005-3330> 2005-3330
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by FrSIRT.
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/2335>
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/2335
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