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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-10 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: WordPress: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: January 15, 2007 |
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Bugs: #159229 |
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ID: 200701-10 |
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Synopsis |
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WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection, information disclosure, and |
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cross-site scripting attacks. |
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Background |
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WordPress is a popular personal publishing platform with a web |
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interface. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-apps/wordpress < 2.0.6 >= 2.0.6 |
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Description |
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When decoding trackbacks with alternate character sets, WordPress does |
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not correctly sanitize the entries before further modifying a SQL |
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query. WordPress also displays different error messages in wp-login.php |
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based upon whether or not a user exists. David Kierznowski has |
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discovered that WordPress fails to properly sanitize recent file |
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information in /wp-admin/templates.php before sending that information |
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to a browser. |
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Impact |
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An attacker could inject arbitrary SQL into WordPress database queries. |
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An attacker could also determine if a WordPress user existed by trying |
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to login as that user, better facilitating brute force attacks. Lastly, |
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an attacker authenticated to view the administrative section of a |
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WordPress instance could try to edit a file with a malicious filename; |
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this may cause arbitrary HTML or JavaScript to be executed in users' |
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browsers viewing /wp-admin/templates.php. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All WordPress users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/wordpress-2.0.6" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-6808 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6808 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2007-0107 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0107 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2007-0109 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0109 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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