CVE-2009-4025

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the traceroute function in Traceroute.php in the Net_Traceroute package before 0.21.2 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.80% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txt vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00998.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-06.xml vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01007.html vendor advisory
http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Traceroute/download/0.21.2 patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/37497 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37094 vdb entry
http://blog.pear.php.net/2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory/ patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3321 patch vendor advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37503 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01110.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54391 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/60515 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-4025?
CVE-2009-4025 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-4025?
To fix CVE-2009-4025, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-4025 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-4025 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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