cbrPager Archive Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	29415
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 25 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:03PM
Credit:	Mamoru Tasaka
Vulnerable:	Red Hat Fedora 7 John Coppens cbrPager 0.9.16 Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:	John Coppens cbrPager 0.9.17

cbrPager Archive Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

cbrPager is prone to a remote shell command-execution vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

Successfully exploiting this issue will allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running the affected application.

cbrPager 0.9.16 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

cbrPager Archive Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

cbrPager Archive Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes. Please see the references for more information.

cbrPager Archive Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

References:

• Bugzilla Bug 448285: cbrpager: Command executions via improper shell escaping (Mamoru Tasaka)
  
• cbrPager Homepage (John Coppens)
  
• cbrpager-0.9.17 Changelog (John Coppens)