eGroupWare _bad_protocol_once() security bypass
| egroupware-badprotocolonce-security-bypass (41435) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
eGroupWare could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the _bad_protocol_once() function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted string containing URL protocols to bypass HTML filter restrictions.
Platforms Affected:
- eGroupWare, eGroupWare prior to 1.4.003
- Gentoo, Linux
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of eGroupWare (1.4.003 or later), available from the eGroupWare Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
References:
- eGroupWare Changelog, Wed Mar 19 11:10:17 2008 UTC, View of /branches/1.4/phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php at http://www.egroupware.org/viewvc/branches/1.4/phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php?view=markup&pathrev=25110.
- eGroupWare Web site, eGroupWare at http://www.egroupware.org/.
- BID-28424: RETIRED: eGroupWare '_bad_protocol_once()' HTML Security Bypass Vulnerability
- BID-28599: kses Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1502: The _bad_protocol_once function in phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php in KSES, as used in eGroupWare before 1.4.003, Moodle before 1.8.5, and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass HTML filtering and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a string containing crafted URL protocols.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0989: eGroupWare _bad_protocol_once() Security Bypass Vulnerability
- GLSA-200805-04: eGroupWare: Multiple vulnerabilities
- SA29491: eGroupWare HTML Filter Bypass Vulnerability
- SUSE-SR:2008:015: SUSE Security Summary Report
Reported:
Mar 19, 2008
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