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HistoryOct 05, 2006 - 12:00 a.m.

[SA22242] HAMweather "do_parse_code" Command Injection Vulnerability

2006-10-0500:00:00
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TITLE:
HAMweather "do_parse_code" Command Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22242

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22242/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
HAMweather 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/12178/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in HAMweather, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the "do_parse_code" function in
Template.php, which does not properly sanitise certain parameters
before using them in an eval() function. This can be exploited to
execute arbitrary commands via specially crafted requests.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.9.8.4. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.9.8.5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
James Bercegay, GulfTech Security Research

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00115-09302006&


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