Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1423-1 sitebar -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
07 Dec 2007
Affected Packages:
sitebar
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 447135, Bug 448690, Bug 448689.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-5491, CVE-2007-5492, CVE-2007-5693, CVE-2007-5694, CVE-2007-5695, CVE-2007-5692.
More information:

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in sitebar, a web based bookmark manager written in PHP. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2007-5491

    A directory traversal vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticated users to chmod arbitrary files to 0777 via .. sequences in the lang parameter.

  • CVE-2007-5492

    A static code injection vulnerability in the translation module allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary PHP code via the value parameter.

  • CVE-2007-5693

    An eval injection vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via the edit parameter in an upd cmd action.

  • CVE-2007-5694

    A path traversal vulnerability in the translation module allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via an absolute path in the dir parameter.

  • CVE-2007-5695

    An error in command.php allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites via the forward parameter in a Log In action.

  • CVE-2007-5692

    Multiple cross site scripting flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML fragments into several scripts.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.6-7.1sarge1.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.3.8-7etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 3.3.8-12.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sitebar package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.2.6-7.1sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.2.6.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.2.6-7.1sarge1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.2.6-7.1sarge1_all.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.3.8-7etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.3.8-7etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.3.8.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sitebar/sitebar_3.3.8-7etch1_all.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.