15877 : Serendipity Media Upload Path Validation Failure
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6 months ago

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Disclosure

Apr 26, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Serendipity contains a flaw related to the validation of path names that may allow a remote attacker to upload files to arbitrary locations. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.8 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Jannis Hermanns

Serendipity

0.8-beta6

References

Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.s9y.org/63.html
Related OSVDB ID: 15875 15876 15878
Secunia Advisory ID: 15145
Vendor URL: http://www.s9y.org/

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Nessus	18054

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