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Critical
CVE-2009-4024
Argument injection vulnerability in the ping function in Ping.php in...
Vulnerability Description
Argument injection vulnerability in the ping function in Ping.php in the Net_Ping package before 2.4.5 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. NOTE: this has also been reported as a shell metacharacter problem.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01152.html
- http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Ping/download/2.4.5
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Net_Ping/trunk/Ping.php?r1=274728&r2=290669&pathrev=290669
- http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txt
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01130.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54390
- http://blog.pear.php.net/2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37093
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3320
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37502
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01044.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37451
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.1, 1.0, 1.0.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 28th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.