16659 : Serendipity Editors Arbitrary Media File Upload
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Disclosure

May 17, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Serendipity contains a flaw related to the upload handling that may allow a remote attacker to upload arbitrary media files. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.8.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Garvin Hicking

Serendipity

0.8

References

Bugtraq ID: 13669
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=328092
Related OSVDB ID: 16660 16661
Secunia Advisory ID: 15405
CVE ID: 2005-1712 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/php-blog/serendipity-0.8.1.tar.gz?download
Security Tracker: 1014007
Vendor URL: http://www.s9y.org/

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