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FreeBSD : pivot-weblog -- file deletion vulnerability (0fe73a4a-1b18-11de-8226-0030843d3802)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36042

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been discovered in Pivot, which can be exploited by malicious people to delete certain files.

Input passed to the 'refkey' parameter in extensions/bbclone_tools/count.php is not properly sanitised before being used to delete files. This can be exploited to delete files with the permissions of the web server via directory traversal sequences passed within the 'refkey' parameter.

NOTE: Users with the 'Advanced' user level are able to include and execute uploaded PHP code via the 'pivot_path' parameter in extensions/bbclone_tools/getkey.php when extensions/bbclone_tools/hr_conf.php can be deleted.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cb78d320

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36042

File Name: freebsd_pkg_0fe73a4a1b1811de82260030843d3802.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 3/30/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:pivot-weblog, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2009

Reference Information

BID: 34160

Secunia: 34302