Gentoo: 200705-16 Critical Risk for Remote Execution in PhpWiki Software
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May 17, 2007
A vulnerability has been discovered in PhpWiki allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-16
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: PhpWiki: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Date: May 17, 2007
Bugs: #174451
ID: 200705-16
Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in PhpWiki allowing for the remote
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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PhpWiki is an open source content management system written in PHP.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/phpwiki < 1.3.10-r3 >= 1.3.10-r3
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Harold Hallikainen has reported that the Upload page fails to properly
check the extension of a file.
Impact
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A remote attacker could upload a specially crafted PHP file...
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