Bug 187973

Summary:	Gentoo Website Command Injection Issue
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	bannedit <bannedit0>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	critical
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://packages.gentoo.org/similar/?package=x11-misc/xcalib;id
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description bannedit 2007-08-07 03:03:51 UTC

The gentoo packages web app contains a command injection vulnerability within the "similar" links.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Visit the http://packages.gentoo.org page 
2.Click on any package's Similar link
3.Add a semi-colan to the URL followed by the command you'd like to execute. If spaces are required use ${IFS} as a replacement for spaces.

Actual Results:  
At the bottom of the page the output of the command will be shown.

Expected Results:  
Commands should not be executed

Comment 1 bannedit 2007-08-07 03:06:12 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 187971 ***