Edgewall Software Trac Unauthorized File Upload/Download Vulnerability

BID:13990

Info

Edgewall Software Trac Unauthorized File Upload/Download Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13990
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 20 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 20 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Stefan Esser <[email protected]> with Happy Python Hackers Project.
Vulnerable: Gentoo Linux
Edgewall Software Trac 0.8.3
Edgewall Software Trac 0.8.1
- 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 alpha
 - Debian Linux 3.1
Edgewall Software Trac 0.7.1
Not Vulnerable: Edgewall Software Trac 0.8.4

Discussion

Edgewall Software Trac Unauthorized File Upload/Download Vulnerability

Trac is affected by an unauthorized file upload/download vulnerability.

This issue can lead to information disclosure and unauthorized remote access as an attacker can place and execute malicious PHP scripts on an affected computer.

Trac 0.8.3 and prior versions are affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

Edgewall Software Trac Unauthorized File Upload/Download Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Edgewall Software Trac Unauthorized File Upload/Download Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade to address this issue.

Gentoo has released an advisory (GLSA 200506-21) and an updated eBuild to address this issue. Gentoo users are advised to execute the following series of commands as a superuser to apply these updates:

emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/trac-0.8.4"

Debian has released advisory DSA 739-1 to address this issue. Please see the attached advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.


Edgewall Software Trac 0.7.1

Edgewall Software Trac 0.8.1

Edgewall Software Trac 0.8.3

References

Edgewall Software Trac Unauthorized File Upload/Download Vulnerability

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