National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5920
Original release date:01/21/2009
Last revised:01/29/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The create_anchors function in utils.inc in WebSVN 1.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted username that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
Solution
Patch information - http://websvn.tigris.org/}
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External Source: XF
Name: websvn-createanchors-code-execution(48168)
External Source: BID
Name: 31891
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 6822
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00132-10202008
External Source: SREASON
Name: 4928
