A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Helmut Hummel Typo3 Webservice up to 0.3.5 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component WebService. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Webservices for TYPO3 (typo3_webservice) extension before 0.3.8 for TYPO3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 02/14/2012 by Helmut Hummel (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1079 since 02/14/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.3.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (72965).

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• Content Management System

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• Helmut Hummel

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• Typo3 Webservice

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• 0.3.0
• 0.3.1
• 0.3.2
• 0.3.3
• 0.3.4
• 0.3.5

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• open-source

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