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Gentoo: GLSA-200503-04 High: phpWebSite Arbitrary Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 1, 2005
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Cybercriminals may manipulate phpWebSite present in Gentoo to run unauthorized PHP code and reveal directory locations.
Remote attackers can upload and execute arbitrary PHP scripts, another flaw reveals the full path of scripts.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: phpWebSite: Arbitrary PHP execution and path disclosure Date: March 01, 2005 Bugs: #83297 ID: 200503-04

Synopsis ======= Remote attackers can upload and execute arbitrary PHP scripts, another flaw reveals the full path of scripts.
Background ========= phpWebSite provides a complete web site content management system.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/phpwebsite < 0.10.0-r2 >= 0.10.0-r2
========== NST discovered that, when submitting an announcement, uploaded files aren't correctly checked for malicious code. They also found out that phpWebSite is...

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