GEN:SID | 1:2072 |
Message | WEB-MISC lyris.pl access |
Summary | This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Lyris List Manager.
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Impact | Unauthorized escalation of user privileges.
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Detailed Information | Lyris List Manager is a web based mailing list management interface. It is possible for an attacker to gain administrator privileges for mailing lists by modifying variables sent to the lyris.pl script.
The variable list_admin is used to identify the user as an administrator, by changing this value from F to T the attacker can identify himself as the mailing list administrator.
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Affected Systems | Lyris List Manager 3.0 Lyris List Manager 4.0
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Attack Scenarios | The attacker can save a copy of the HTML interface locally and modify the value of the list_admin variable, then submit the form directly to lyris.pl.
Alternatively the attacker can choose to submit the data in a URI.
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Ease of Attack | Simple
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Corrective Action | Apply the appropriate patches from the vendor.
Upgrade to the latest version of the software.
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Additional References | CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0758
Bugtraq: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1584
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Rule References | bugtraq: 1584
cve: 2000-0758
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