23349 : Geeklog lib-common.php Local File Inclusion
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-02-19

Description

Geeklog contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to lib-common.php not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'language' variable. This may allow an attacker to read arbitrary local files or include local files which contain arbitrary commands which will be executed by the vulnerable script.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Rumored
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade Geeklog to version 1.4.0sr1 or 1.3.11sr4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. Media Gallery users can upgrade to 1.2.4. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Geeklog	Geeklog	1.3.5
		1.3.6
		1.3.7
		1.3.8
		1.3.9
		1.3.10
		1.3.11
		1.3.11sr4
		1.4.0
		1.4.0sr1

Media Gallery Support	Media Gallery	1.2.3
		1.2.4

References

Bugtraq ID: 16755
Secunia Advisory ID: 18920 18982
CVE ID: 2006-0824 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 23348
ISS X-Force ID: 24776
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-0661
Vendor URL: http://www.geeklog.net/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.geeklog.net/article.php/geeklog-1.4.0sr1
http://www.mediagallery.org/article.php?story=20060219232313492
Other Advisory URL: http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00102-02192006

Tools & Filters

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	3050

Credit

James Bercegay - securitygulftech.org - GulfTech Security Research

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-02-22 | Disagree?

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