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Debian DSA-2694-1 Critical: SPIP Privilege Escalation Remote Threat

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2013
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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1876-1 concerns a potential exploitation vulnerability in the WordPress CMS, released on April 15, 2014.
A privilege escalation vulnerability has been found in SPIP, a website engine for publishing, which allows anyone to take control of the website
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.1-3squeeze6.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.17-1+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.22-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your spip 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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