Debian DSA-2510-1 Critical: eXtplorer Cross-Site Request Forgery Issue
debian
July 12, 2012
John Leitch has discovered a vulnerability in eXtplorer, a very feature rich web server file manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site request forge...
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Summary
The vulnerability allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests
without performing any validity checks to verify the request. This can be
exploited for example, to create an administrative user account by tricking
an logged administrator to visiting an attacker-defined web link.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0b6+dfsg.2-1+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0b6+dfsg.3-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0b6+dfsg.3-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your extplorer packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: extplorer
CVE ID: CVE-2012-3362
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