DSA-650-1 sword -- missing input sanitising

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-650-1 sword -- missing input sanitising

Date Reported:

20 Jan 2005

Affected Packages:

sword

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0015.

More information:

Ulf Härnhammar discovered that due to missing input sanitising in diatheke, a CGI script for making and browsing a bible website, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted URL.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.3-3woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your diatheke package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/sword_1.5.3-3woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/sword_1.5.3-3woody2.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/sword_1.5.3.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/diatheke_1.5.3-3woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-dev_1.5.3-3woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword-runtime_1.5.3-3woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sword/libsword1_1.5.3-3woody2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.