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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-01 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: WordPress: SQL injection vulnerability |
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Date: March 04, 2006 |
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Bugs: #121661 |
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ID: 200603-01 |
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Synopsis |
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WordPress is vulnerable to an SQL injection vulnerability. |
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Background |
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WordPress is a PHP and MySQL based content management and publishing |
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system. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-apps/wordpress <= 1.5.2 >= 2.0.1 |
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Description |
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Patrik Karlsson reported that WordPress 1.5.2 makes use of an |
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insufficiently filtered User Agent string in SQL queries related to |
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comments posting. This vulnerability was already fixed in the |
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2.0-series of WordPress. |
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Impact |
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An attacker could send a comment with a malicious User Agent parameter, |
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resulting in SQL injection and potentially in the subversion of the |
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WordPress database. This vulnerability wouldn't affect WordPress sites |
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which do not allow comments or which require that comments go through a |
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moderator. |
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Workaround |
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Disable or moderate comments on your WordPress blogs. |
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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-2.0.1" |
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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-200603-01.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 2006 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/2.0 |