metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-02.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200503-02">
  <title>phpBB: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Several vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to gain phpBB administrator
    rights or expose and manipulate sensitive data.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">phpbb</product>
  <announced>March 01, 2005</announced>
  <revised>March 01, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>82955</bug>
  <access>local and remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-apps/phpBB" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.0.13</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.13</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    phpBB is an Open Source bulletin board package.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    It was discovered that phpBB contains a flaw in the session
    handling code and a path disclosure bug. AnthraX101 discovered that
    phpBB allows local users to read arbitrary files, if the "Enable remote
    avatars" and "Enable avatar uploading" options are set (CAN-2005-0259).
    He also found out that incorrect input validation in
    "usercp_avatar.php" and "usercp_register.php" makes phpBB vulnerable to
    directory traversal attacks, if the "Gallery avatars" setting is
    enabled (CAN-2005-0258).
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    Remote attackers can exploit the session handling flaw to gain
    phpBB administrator rights. By providing a local and a remote location
    for an avatar and setting the "Upload Avatar from a URL:" field to
    point to the target file, a malicious local user can read arbitrary
    local files. By inserting "/../" sequences into the "avatarselect"
    parameter, a remote attacker can exploit the directory traversal
    vulnerability to delete arbitrary files. A flaw in the "viewtopic.php"
    script can be exploited to expose the full path of PHP scripts.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All phpBB users should upgrade to the latest available version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-apps/phpBB-2.0.13&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0258">CAN-2005-0258</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0259">CAN-2005-0259</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&amp;t=267563">phpBB announcement</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:35:23 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:10:08 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue,  1 Mar 2005 18:22:22 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>