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Joomla Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30974
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Release Date:
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2008-07-08
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Last Update:
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2008-07-28
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Popularity:
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3,831 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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: | Joomla! 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-3225
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and disclose potentially sensitive information.
1) An unspecified error in LDAP can be exploited to gain unauthorized access to the administration section.
2) An unspecified error within file caching can be exploited to gain unauthorized access to cached pages.
NOTE: A fix regarding User Redirect Spam and a security enhancement to the .htaccess file has also been reported.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.5.4.
Solution:
Update to version 1.5.4.
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joom...ReleaseBrowse&frs_package_id=3786
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-07-28: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/5180/1/
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