__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Joomla! PHP Vulnerabilities [Security Focus 27503] January 30, 2008 21:00 GMT Number S-146 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: There are numerous php vulnerabilities in Joomla!. The following components are prone to SQL-injection vulnerabilities: 1) 'com_mamml'; 2) com_fq Component 'index.php'; 3) 'com_glossary'; 4) Mambo Newsletter; 5) 'com_musepose' Component 'aid' Parameter; and 6) 'com_buslicense' Component 'aid' Parameter. PLATFORM: Joomla com_mamml component 0 Joomla com_fq component 0 Mambo Glossary 2 Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.3beta) Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.3) Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.2) Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.1) Mambo Mambo Open Source 4.5 (1.0.0) Mambo and Joomla com_musepose component 0 Mambo and Joomla com_buslicense component 0 DAMAGE: Could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Exploiting this issue could allow an ASSESSMENT: attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities int he underlying database. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-146.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27503/discuss ADDITIONAL LINKS: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27501/discuss http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27505/discuss http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27502/discuss http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27507/discuss http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27508/discuss ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Security Focus 27503 *****] Joomla! com_mamml Component 'index.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability The Joomla! 'com_mamml' component is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query. Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. Bugtraq ID: 27503 Class: Input Validation Error CVE: Remote: Yes Local: No Published: Jan 29 2008 12:00AM Updated: Jan 30 2008 02:57PM Credit: S@BUN is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. Vulnerable: Joomla com_mamml component 0 [***** End Security Focus 27503 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Security Focus for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 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