---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: TYPO3 "userUid" Command Execution Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23446 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23446/ CRITICAL: Highly critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: TYPO3 4.x http://secunia.com/product/12113/ DESCRIPTION: Daniel Fabian and J. Greil have reported a vulnerability in TYPO3, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain system access. Input passed to the "userUid" parameter in sysext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/plugins/SpellChecker/spell-check-logic.php is not properly sanitised before being used as one of the command line arguments to the "aspell" command. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands. Successful exploitation requires that "safe_mode" is disabled. NOTE: Another unspecified vulnerability in the same part of the code has also been reported. The vulnerability is reported in versions 4.0 to 4.0.3. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Update to version 4.0.4. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Daniel Fabian and J. Greil from SEC CONSULT ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.sec-consult.com/272.html OTHER REFERENCES: http://typo3.org/news-single-view/?tx_newsimporter_pi1%5BshowItem%5D=0&cHash=e4a40a11a9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------