[VulnWatch] Lam3rZ Security Advisory #3/2004: A bug in Confirm leads to remote command execution

[Tomasz Grabowski <cadence@apollo.aci.com.pl>]

                Lam3rZ Security Advisory #3/2004

                        23 Feb 2004

                Remote command execution in Confirm

Name:                   Confirm <=0.62
Severity:               High
Software URL:           http://freshmeat.net/projects/confirm/
Software author:        David Lechnyr <davidrl/at/comcast/dot/net>
Advisory author:        Mariusz Woloszyn <emsi/AT/GTS/dot/PL>
Vendor notified:        Feb 6, 2004
Vendor confirmed:       Feb 6, 2004
Vendor fix:             Feb 9, 2004


Impact:
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Confirm is a simple procmail script that uses a pattern-matching
auto-whitelist to help identify unsolicited email. A forged email headers
may lead to a remote command execution under users (or even root, if root
uses confirm) privileges.


Description:
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Due to insufficient user supplied data filtering, emails containing
special characters, like ",`,|,;,$ and so on in headers may trick confirm
and lead to command execution.


How to patch:
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Install confirm-0.70 from:
http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/confirm/confirm-0.70.tgz
Please note, that significant changes has happened since previous
version!!!


Regards,

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Mariusz Woloszyn
Internet Security Specialist, GTS - Internet Partners