Gentoo Linux GLSA-200606-08 High Risk WordPress Command Execution
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June 9, 2006
WordPress fails to sufficiently check the format of cached username data.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-08
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: WordPress: Arbitrary command execution
Date: June 09, 2006
Bugs: #134397
ID: 200606-08
Synopsis
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WordPress fails to sufficiently check the format of cached username
data.
Background
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WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based content management and publishing
system.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/wordpress < 2.0.3 >= 2.0.3
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rgod discovered that WordPress insufficiently checks the format of
cached username data.
Impact
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An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary
commands by sending a speci...
Resolution
References
Availability
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