<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200412-27"> <title>PHProjekt: Remote code execution vulnerability</title> <synopsis> PHProjekt contains a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">PHProjekt</product> <announced>2004-12-30</announced> <revised count="01">2004-12-30</revised> <bug>75858</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="www-apps/phprojekt" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.2-r2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.2-r2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> PHProjekt is a modular groupware web application used to coordinate group activities and share files. </p> </background> <description> <p> cYon discovered that the authform.inc.php script allows a remote user to define the global variable $path_pre. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to force authform.inc.php to download and execute arbitrary PHP code with the privileges of the web server user. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All PHProjekt users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/phprojekt-4.2-r2"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://www.phprojekt.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=193&mode=thread&order=0">PHProjekt Advisory</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-12-29T16:45:27Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-12-29T16:45:35Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>