Dokeos /testheaderpage.php and /resourcelinker.inc.php file include
| dokeos-multiple-file-include (25740) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Dokeos Learning Management System could allow a remote attacker to include malicious PHP files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the claroline/exercice/testheaderpage.php script or to the claroline/resourcelinker/resourcelinker.inc.php script using the 'rootSys' or 'clarolineRepositorySys' parameters to specify a malicious PHP file from a remote system, which would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
Platforms Affected:
- Dokeos, Dokeos 1.6.3 and prior
- Dokeos, Dokeos Community Release 2.0.2 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the current version of Dokeos (version 1.6.4) or Dokeos Community Release (version 2.0.3) available from the Dokeos Learning Management System Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Dokeos Forum, Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:45 pm, [Fixed Dokeos 1.6.4] is it a security problem ? at http://www.dokeos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6848.
- Dokeos Learning Management System Web site, Dokeos Open Source e-Learning at http://www.dokeos.com/.
- CVE-2006-2286: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in claro_init_global.inc.php in Dokeos 1.6.3 and earlier, and Dokeos community release 2.0.3, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) rootSys and (2) clarolineRepositorySys parameters, and possibly the (3) lang_path, (4) extAuthSource, (5) thisAuthSource, (6) main_configuration_file_path, (7) phpDigIncCn, and (8) drs parameters to (a) testheaderpage.php and (b) resourcelinker.inc.php.
- SA19576: Dokeos File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1303: Dokeos rootSys and clarolineRepositorySys File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Apr 05, 2006
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