TITLE:
monotone "MT" Bookkeeping Directory Arbitrary Lua Code Execution
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19260
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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
monotone 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/8767/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in monotone, which can be exploited
by malicious users to compromise another user's system.
The problem is that it is possible to commit files to the "mt"
directory. This can be exploited to trick users into checking out a
malicious revision to the "MT" bookkeeping directory on systems with
case-insensitive file systems (e.g. Microsoft Windows and MAC OS X).
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary Lua code, but
requires that the user has commit permissions.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 0.25.2.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.25.2.
http://venge.net/monotone/
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/monotone-devel/2006-03/msg00062.html
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