My Calendar Perl-based Web Calendar Flaw Allows Remote Users to Execute Arbitrary Code on the Web Server
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1003256 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1003256
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2002-1626
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: May 19 2008
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Original Entry Date: Jan 16 2002
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 1.5
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in My Calendar, a Perl-based web calendar. A remote user may be able to execute arbitrary code on the web server.
The code would run with the privileges of the web server.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of the web server, potentially giving the user access to the server.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.5), available at:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/mycalendar/
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Vendor URL: freshmeat.net/projects/mycalendar/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Not specified
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 14:09:08 -0500
Subject: My Calendar Code Execution Flaw
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My Calendar 1.5
by Mike Spice (http://freshmeat.net/users/mikespice/)
Thursday, January 10th 2002 04:17
Office/Business :: Scheduling
About: My Calendar is a lightweight, easy-to-use Web calendar. There is
also an included email script that you can have cron run everyday to
remind
you of upcoming appointments. Included is a script to convert an online
calendar to a printable postscript format using pscal.
Changes: There are major security fixes in this release. All users are
encouraged to update immediately. A new script has also been added to
convert your online calendar to postscript printable format using pscal.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mycalendar/
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