GForge Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:13716

Info

GForge Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13716
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 24 2005 12:00AM
Updated: May 24 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Filippo Spike Morelli <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: GForge GForge 3.21
GForge GForge 3.3
GForge GForge 3.2
GForge GForge 3.1
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.1 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
+ Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: GForge GForge 4.0.2
GForge GForge 4.0.1
GForge GForge 4.0

Discussion

GForge Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

GForge is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability.

This issue arises because the application fails to sanitize user-supplied data passed through URI parameters.

An attacker can supply arbitrary shell commands through the affected parameter to be executed in the context of the affected server.

GForge versions prior to 4.0 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

GForge Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept is available:
GET /scm/viewFile.php?group_id=11&file_name=%0Auname%20-a;id;w%0a

Solution / Fix

GForge Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
It was reported that the vendor has addressed this issue in GForge 4.0 and subsequent versions.


GForge GForge 3.1

GForge GForge 3.2

GForge GForge 3.21

GForge GForge 3.3

References

GForge Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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