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Gentoo: GLSA-202311-02 Critical: TikiWiki Database Setup Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey November 20, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo advisory GLSA 200611-12 highlights vulnerabilities in TikiWiki concerning PostgreSQL authentication and CSRF.
TikiWiki allows for the disclosure of MySQL database authentication credentials and for cross-site scripting attacks.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-11 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: TikiWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: November 20, 2006 Bugs: #153820 ID: 200611-11

Synopsis ======= TikiWiki allows for the disclosure of MySQL database authentication credentials and for cross-site scripting attacks.
Background ========= TikiWiki is an open source content management system written in PHP.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/tikiwiki < 1.9.6 >= 1.9.6
========== In numerous files TikiWiki provides an empty sort_mode parameter, causing TikiWiki to display additional information, including database authentication crede...

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