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BitKeeper Unspecified Code Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9592
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Release Date:
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2003-08-22
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Popularity:
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4,748 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | BitKeeper 2.x
BitKeeper 3.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in BitKeeper, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to execute arbitrary code on a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the trigger functionality. This can be exploited by luring users into accepting a patch containing specially crafted files.
Reportedly, all current versions (3.0.1 and prior) are affected.
Solution:
According to the original advisory, exploitation isn't possible if the trigger functionality has been disabled by adding "export BK_NO_TRIGGERS=YES" to ".profile".
Provided and/or discovered by:
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger, SySS.
Original Advisory:
http://www.syss.de/advisories.php?id=7&year=2003
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