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Ampache Session Fixation and SQL Injection Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA26542  
Release Date: 2007-08-20
Last Update: 2007-08-22

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Hijacking
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Ampache 3.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-4438 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-4437 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Ampache, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks and by malicious people to conduct session fixation attacks.

1) Input passed to the "match" parameter in albums.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

2) An error in the session handling code can be exploited to hijack another user's session by tricking the user into logging in after following a specially crafted link.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 3.3.3.5.

Solution:
Update to version 3.3.3.5.
http://ampache.org/downloads/ampache-3.3.3.5.tar.gz

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) The vendor credits LT.
2) Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2007-08-22: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.ampache.org/announce/3_3_3_5.php



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3 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. Ampache Unauthorized Guest Access
2. Ampache Snoopy "_httpsrequest()" Command Injection Vulnerability
3. Ampache XML-RPC PHP Code Execution Vulnerability


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