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[SA29191] Ariadne PINP Annotate Command Execution Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2008 - 13:17:04 CST


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TITLE:
Ariadne PINP Annotate Command Execution Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29191

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29191/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ariadne 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/14105/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Ariadne, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the annotate command in pphoto from PINP programs is
not properly sanitised before being used in shell commands. This can
potentially be exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands.

Successful exploitation requires valid layout or admin grants.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 2.4 and 2.4.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ariadne-cms.org/download/changes/

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