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PyBlosxom Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18858
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Release Date:
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2006-02-14
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Last Update:
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2006-02-20
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Popularity:
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4,304 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | PyBlosxom 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0707
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in PyBlosxom, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of "PATH_INFO" when it contains multiple / at the beginning. This may be exploited on certain web servers to view arbitrary files.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.3.x.
Solution:
Update to version 1.3.2.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=67445&package_id=65802
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2006-02-20: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=391800
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