1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200709-10 / phpwiki |
| Release Date | September 18, 2007 |
| Latest Revision | September 18, 2007: 01 |
| Impact | low |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| www-apps/phpwiki | < 1.3.14 | >= 1.3.14 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #181692
A vulnerability has been discovered in PhpWiki authentication mechanism.
PhpWiki is an application that creates a web site where anyone can edit the pages through HTML forms.
The PhpWiki development team reported an authentication error within the file lib/WikiUser/LDAP.php when binding to an LDAP server with an empty password.
A remote attacker could provide an empty password when authenticating. Depending on the LDAP implementation used, this could bypass the PhpWiki authentication mechanism and grant the attacker access to the application.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All PhpWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/phpwiki-1.3.14" |