Gentoo 200311-06 Normal: phpSysInfo Directory Traversal Threat
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November 24, 2003
phpSysInfo contains two vulnerabilities which could allow local files to beread or arbitrary PHP code to be executed, under the privileges of the webserver process.
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GLSA: 200311-06 package: dev-php/phpsysinfo summary: phpSysInfo directory traversal severity: normal Gentoo bug: 26782 date: 2003-11-22 CVE: CAN-2003-0536 exploit: local affected: <=2.1 fixed:>=2.1-r1
DESCRIPTION:
phpSysInfo contains two vulnerabilities which could allow local files to be read or arbitrary PHP code to be executed, under the privileges of the web server process.
SOLUTION:
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running dev-php/phpsysinfo upgrade to the fixed version:
emerge sync emerge '>=dev-php/phpsysinfo-2.1-r1' emerge clean
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