1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200508-13 / pear-xml_rpc phpxmlrpc |
| Release Date | August 24, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | August 24, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| dev-php/PEAR-XML_RPC | < 1.4.0 | >= 1.4.0 | All supported architectures |
| dev-php/phpxmlrpc | < 1.2-r1 | >= 1.2-r1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #102378, #102576
The PEAR XML-RPC and phpxmlrpc libraries allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP script commands.
The PEAR XML-RPC and phpxmlrpc libraries are both PHP implementations of the XML-RPC protocol.
Stefan Esser of the Hardened-PHP Project discovered that the PEAR XML-RPC and phpxmlrpc libraries were improperly handling XMLRPC requests and responses with malformed nested tags.
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary PHP script code into eval() statements by sending a specially crafted XML document to web applications making use of these libraries.
There are no known workarounds at this time.
All PEAR-XML_RPC users should upgrade to the latest available version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/PEAR-XML_RPC-1.4.0" |
All phpxmlrpc users should upgrade to the latest available version:
Code Listing 3.2: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/phpxmlrpc-1.2-r1" |