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Gentoo: GLSA 200506-21 Important: Trac File Upload Vulnerability Details

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2005
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The Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-21 warns of a critical vulnerability in Trac software affecting file uploads, risking remote code execution
Trac may allow remote attackers to upload files, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-21 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Trac: File upload vulnerability Date: June 22, 2005 Bugs: #96572 ID: 200506-21

Synopsis ======= Trac may allow remote attackers to upload files, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Trac is a minimalistic web-based project management, wiki and bug tracking system including a Subversion interface.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/trac < 0.8.4 >= 0.8.4
========== Stefan Esser of the Hardened-PHP project discovered that Trac fails to validate the "id" parameter when uploading attachments to...

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