SWORD: Shell command injection

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200803-06 / sword
Release Date	March 03, 2008
Latest Revision	March 03, 2008: 01
Impact	high
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-text/sword	< 1.5.8-r2	>= 1.5.8-r2	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #210754

Synopsis

Insufficient input checking in SWORD may allow shell command injection.

2. Impact Information

Background

SWORD is a library for Bible study software.

Description

Dan Dennison reported that the diatheke.pl script used in SWORD does not properly sanitize shell meta-characters in the "range" parameter before processing it.

Impact

A remote attacker could provide specially crafted input to a vulnerable application, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the user running SWORD (generally the web server account).

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All SWORD users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/sword-1.5.8-r2"

4. References

CVE-2008-0932

Page updated March 03, 2008

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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