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FreeBSD Ports: pear-XML_RPC

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

FreeBSD Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

The following package is affected: pear-XML_RPC CVE-2005-1921 PEAR XML_RPC 1.3.0 and earlier, as used in products such as WordPress, Serendipity, and others, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via an XML file, which is not properly sanitized before being used in an eval statement.

Solution

Solution

Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00087-07012005 http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory-022005.php http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/523fad14-eb9d-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54.html

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