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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52540
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: phpbb
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: phpbb

CVE-2004-1315
viewtopic.php in phpBB 2.x before 2.0.11 improperly URL decodes the
highlight parameter when extracting words and phrases to highlight,
which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by
double-encoding the highlight value so that special characters are
inserted into the result, which is then processed by PHP exec, as
exploited by the Santy.A worm.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1315
BugTraq ID: 10701
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10701
Bugtraq: 20041112 phpBB Code EXEC (v2.0.10) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110029415208724&w=2
Bugtraq: 20041118 EXEC exploit in phpBB - fix (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?t=110079440800004&r=1&w=2
Bugtraq: 20041220 phpBB Worm (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110365752909029&w=2
Bugtraq: 20041222 Re: phpBB Worm (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/385208
Cert/CC Advisory: TA04-356A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-356A.html
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#497400
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/497400
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-32
http://secunia.com/advisories/13239/
XForce ISS Database: phpbb-view-sql-injection(18052)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18052
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