11305 : haserl Arbitrary Environment Variable Manipulation
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Disclosure Date
2004-10-27

Description

Haserl contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to change environmental variables. The issue is due to all input parameters being set as environmental variables. It is possible that the flaw may allow manipulation of critical environmental variables resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.6.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

N. Angelacos

Haserl

0.5.1

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 13031
Vendor URL: http://haserl.sourceforge.net/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=278263

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

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