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Gentoo: GLSA-200503-02 Normal: phpBB Remote Access Issues
gentoo
March 1, 2005
Several vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to gain phpBB administrator rights or expose and manipulate sensitive data.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-02
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: phpBB: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 01, 2005
Bugs: #82955
ID: 200503-02
Synopsis
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Several vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to gain phpBB
administrator rights or expose and manipulate sensitive data.
Background
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phpBB is an Open Source bulletin board package.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/phpBB < 2.0.13 >= 2.0.13
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It was discovered that phpBB contains a flaw in the session handling
code and a path disclosure bug. AnthraX101 discovered that phpBB allows
local users to read arbitrary files, if...
Resolution
References
Availability
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