19519 : Avi Alkalay man-cgi topic Variable Arbitrary Command Execution
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-09-12	2005-09-12	2005-09-25

Time to Exploit
13 days

Description

man-cgi contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary commands on the server. The issue is triggered when a semi-colon is entered into the 'topic' variable. This flaw may lead to a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and/or Availability.

Classification

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

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Avi Alkalay

man-cgi

7 Feb 2000

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 16887
Related OSVDB ID: 19520 19521 19522 19879
CVE ID: 2005-3094 (see also: NVD)
Vendor URL: http://www.alkalay.net/software/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.cirt.net/advisories/alkalay.shtml

Tools & Filters

	19780

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Sullo - sullocirt.net - cirt.net

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-09-29 | Disagree?

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