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phpBB Remote Avatar Information Disclosure Weakness
Secunia Advisory: SA16868
Release Date: 2005-09-21
Last Update: 2006-04-14
Popularity: 13,557 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:phpBB 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Solution:
Disable remote avatars in the "Avatar Settings" (default setting).

Provided and/or discovered by:
David Sopas Ferreira

Changelog:
2005-09-21: Updated credits.
2006-04-14: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://systemsecure.org/ssforum/viewtopic.php?t=272

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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