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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > February 2006 > Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories: 1. GLSA 200602-02 - ADOdb: PostgresSQL command injection 2. GLSA 200602-03 - Apache: Multiple vulnerabilities

February 2006

Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories: 1. GLSA 200602-02 - ADOdb: PostgresSQL command injection 2. GLSA 200602-03 - Apache: Multiple vulnerabilities

ID: 00111
Ref: 110/2006
Date: 07 February 2006:10:37:03
Version: 1

Title: Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories: 1. GLSA 200602-02 - ADOdb: PostgresSQL command injection 2. GLSA 200602-03 - Apache: Multiple vulnerabilities
Abstract:
Vendors affected: Gentoo
Operating systems affected: Gentoo
Applications affected: Gentoo

Title
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Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories:

1. GLSA 200602-02 - ADOdb: PostgresSQL command injection

2. GLSA 200602-03 - Apache: Multiple vulnerabilities

Detail
======

1. Andy Staudacher discovered that ADOdb does not properly sanitize all
parameters.

2. Apache's mod_imap fails to properly sanitize the "Referer" directive of
imagemaps in some cases, leaving the HTTP Referer header unescaped. A
flaw in mod_ssl can lead to a NULL pointer dereference if the site uses
a custom "Error 400" document. These vulnerabilities were reported by
Marc Cox and Hartmut Keil, respectively.




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Severity: Normal
Title: ADOdb: PostgresSQL command injection
Date: February 06, 2006
Bugs: #120215
ID: 200602-02

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Synopsis
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ADOdb is vulnerable to SQL injections if used in conjunction with a
PostgreSQL database.

Background
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ADOdb is an abstraction library for PHP creating a common API for a
wide range of database backends.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-php/adodb < 4.71 >= 4.71

Description
===========

Andy Staudacher discovered that ADOdb does not properly sanitize all
parameters.

Impact
======

By sending specifically crafted requests to an application that uses
ADOdb and a PostgreSQL backend, an attacker might exploit the flaw to
execute arbitrary SQL queries on the host.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All ADOdb users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/adodb-4.71"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-0410
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0410

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200602-02.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0



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Severity: Normal
Title: Apache: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 06, 2006
Bugs: #115324, #118875
ID: 200602-03

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Synopsis
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Apache can be exploited for cross-site scripting attacks and is
vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.

Background
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The Apache HTTP server is one of the most popular web servers on the
Internet. mod_imap provides support for server-side image maps; mod_ssl
provides secure HTTP connections.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-www/apache < 2.0.55-r1 >= 2.0.55-r1
*>= 2.0.54-r16
== 1.3.34-r2
*>= 1.3.34-r11

Description
===========

Apache's mod_imap fails to properly sanitize the "Referer" directive of
imagemaps in some cases, leaving the HTTP Referer header unescaped. A
flaw in mod_ssl can lead to a NULL pointer dereference if the site uses
a custom "Error 400" document. These vulnerabilities were reported by
Marc Cox and Hartmut Keil, respectively.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could exploit mod_imap to inject arbitrary HTML or
JavaScript into a user's browser to gather sensitive information.
Attackers could also cause a Denial of Service on hosts using the SSL
module (Apache 2.0.x only).

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Apache users should upgrade to the latest version, depending on
whether they still use the old configuration style
(/etc/apache/conf/*.conf) or the new one (/etc/apache2/httpd.conf).

2.0.x users, new style config:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-www/apache-2.0.55-r1"

2.0.x users, old style config:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "=net-www/apache-2.0.54-r16"

1.x users, new style config:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "=net-www/apache-1.3.34-r11"

1.x users, old style config:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "=net-www/apache-1.3.34-r2"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2005-3352
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3352
[ 2 ] CVE-2005-3357
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3357

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200602-03.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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