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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200507-03">
+ <title>phpBB: Arbitrary command execution</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerability in phpBB allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary
+ commands with the rights of the web server.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">phpBB</product>
+ <announced>2005-07-04</announced>
+ <revised count="03">2005-09-03</revised>
+ <bug>97278</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="www-apps/phpBB" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.0.16</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.16</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ phpBB is an Open Source bulletin board package.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Ron van Daal discovered that phpBB contains a vulnerability in the
+ highlighting code.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ Successful exploitation would grant an attacker unrestricted access to
+ the PHP exec() or system() functions, allowing the execution of
+ arbitrary commands with the rights of the web server.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ Please follow the instructions given in the phpBB announcement.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ The phpBB package is no longer supported by Gentoo Linux and has been
+ masked in the Portage repository, no further announcements will be
+ issued regarding phpBB updates. Users who wish to continue using phpBB
+ are advised to monitor and refer to www.phpbb.com for more information.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ To continue using the Gentoo-provided phpBB package, please refer to
+ the Portage documentation on unmasking packages and upgrade to 2.0.16.
+ </p>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2086">CAN-2005-2086</uri>
+ <uri link="https://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&amp;t=302011">phpBB Announcement</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-06-29T13:31:49Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-06-29T14:18:11Z">
+ DerCorny
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-07-02T09:31:28Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>