__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN phpsysinfo [DSA-897-1] November 16, 2005 19:00 GMT Number Q-055 [REVISED 18 Nov 2005] [REVISED 09 Dec 2005] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpsysinfo, a PHP based host information application. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) DAMAGE: Local variables get overwritten unconditionally and are trusted later, which could lead to the inclusion of arbitrary files. Several cross site scripting problems exist, and user-supplied input is used unsanitised, causing a HTTP Response splitting problem. SOLUTION: Apply current patches. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. Could lead to the inclusion of arbitrary ASSESSMENT: files. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-055.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-897 ADDITIONAL LINKS: DSA-898-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-898 DSA-918-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-918 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2005-0870 CVE-2005-3347 CVE-2005-3348 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 11/18/05 - Added a link to DSA-898-1 12/09/05 - Added a link to DSA-918-1 [***** Start DSA-897-1 *****] DSA-897-1 phpsysinfo -- programming errors Date Reported: 15 Nov 2005 Affected Packages: phpsysinfo Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 301118. In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0870, CVE-2005-3347, CVE-2005-3348. More information: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpsysinfo, a PHP based host information application. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: * CVE-2005-0870 Maksymilian Arciemowicz discoverd several cross site scripting problems, of which not all were fixed in DSA 724. * CVE-2005-3347 Christopher Kunz discovered that local variables get overwritten unconditionally and are trusted later, which could lead to the inclusion of arbitrary files. * CVE-2005-3348 Christopher Kunz discovered that user-supplied input is used unsanitised, causing a HTTP Response splitting problem. For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0-3woody3. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.3-4sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your phpsysinfo package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo_2.0-3woody3.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo_2.0-3woody3.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo_2.0.orig.tar.gz Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo_2.0-3woody3_all.deb Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo_2.3-4sarge1.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo_2.3-4sarge1.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo_2.3.orig.tar.gz Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/phpsysinfo/phpsysinfo_2.3-4sarge1_all.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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