Bug 75545

Summary:	PHP-Blogger Disclosure of Sensitive Information Security Issu
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Robert Muchacki (RETIRED) <muchar>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://secunia.com/advisories/13665/
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Robert Muchacki (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-12-24 06:14:15 UTC

Description:
snilabs has reported a security issue in PHP-Blogger, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The problem is that database files (.db) by default are stored inside the web root and are not correctly protected against being accessed directly on some server configurations. This can e.g. be exploited to disclose the admin password.

NOTE: Systems running Apache with support for .htaccess files are not affected by this issue.

Solution:
Configure PHP-Blogger to access database files in a directory outside the web root.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-12-27 03:00:53 UTC

I see PHP-Blogger nowhere in the tree.