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Debian: DSA-2752-1 Medium: phpBB Local Permissions Risk

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2013
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The phpBB security update DSA-2752-2 resolves issues related to improper access rights in the Debian system that could impact local user accounts.
Andreas Beckmann discovered that phpBB, a web forum, as installed in Debian, sets incorrect permissions for cached files, allowing a malicious local user to overwrite them
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.0.7-PL1-4+squeeze1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.0.10-4+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.0.11-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your phpbb3 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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