VID |
21734 |
Severity |
40 |
Port |
80, ... |
Protocol |
TCP |
Class |
CGI |
Detailed Description |
The man2web program is vulnerable to a command execution vulnerability in multiple scripts. man2web is a program for dynamically converting Unix man pages to HTML for Unix-based operating systems. man2web version 0.88 and earlier versions could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed to the multiple scripts. By sending specially-crafted HTTP GET requests containing arbitrary system commands to multiple scripts, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands on the system with privileges of the Web server process.
* Platforms Affected: Source Forge Project, man2web version 0.88 and earlier versions Linux Any version Unix Any version |
Recommendation |
No upgrade or patch available as of June 2014.
Upgrade to a version of man2web greater than 0.88, when new fixed version becomes available from the SourceForge.net Web site at http://man2web.sourceforge.net/ |
Related URL |
CVE-2005-2812 (CVE) |
Related URL |
14747 (SecurityFocus) |
Related URL |
22256 (ISS) |
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