Info

Disclosure

Jan 16, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Albatross contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to the application not properly sanitizing user input supplied for execution in a template. This may allow an attacker to insert arbitrary Python code which will be executed by the vulnerable script.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.33 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds. Debian GNU/Linux users should update their packages. Users of the stable distribution should install version 1.20-2. Users of the unstable distribution should install version 1.33-1.

Products

Object Craft P/L

Albatross

1.20

References

Bugtraq ID: 16252
Secunia Advisory ID: 18457 18496
CVE ID: 2006-0044 (see also: NVD)
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-0196
Other Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-942
Vendor URL: http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/albatross/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/albatross/news.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/22451