[ GLSA 200803-06 ] SWORD: Shell command injection

2008-03-0400:00:00

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200803-06

                                        http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: High
Title: SWORD: Shell command injection
Date: March 03, 2008
Bugs: #210754
ID: 200803-06

Synopsis

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All SWORD users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-text/sword-1.5.8-r2&quot;

References

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

Availability

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?

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.