go-pear.php PEAR PHP proxy redirection
| gopear-proxy-redirection (24076) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The go-pear.php script, when located inside the Web root directory, could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious proxy server to the go-pear.php script, which would redirect the server to an attacker-controlled server from which to install PEAR packages.
Note: The go-pear.php script is installed by default with the Apache2Triad package.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Apache2Triad (1.4.4 or later), available from the Apache2Triad Web site. See References.
References:
- Apache2Triad Web site: Apache2Triad Insecure PEAR Installer Security Issue.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Jan 08 2006 - 21:42:03 CST: New PEAR / Apache2Triad Exploit.
- go-pear.org: go-pear.php.
- BID-16174: PHP PEAR Go-Pear.PHP Arbitrary Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0144: The proxy server feature in go-pear.php in PHP PEAR 0.2.2, as used in Apache2Triad, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by redirecting go-pear.php to a malicious proxy server that provides a modified version of Tar.php with a malicious extractModify function.
- SA18390: Apache2Triad Insecure PEAR Installer Security Issue
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0148: Apache2Triad Go-pear Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- PHP GO-Pear.php 0.2.2
- Vlad Alexa Mancini Apache2Triad
Reported:
Jan 08, 2006
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