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Secunia Advisories
September 15, 2006

From Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, for About.com

Secunia Advisories from September 15, 2006. Continued from Page 1.

  • Secunia Advisory 21943
    Mambo Serverstat Component File Inclusion Vulnerability
    • Criticality: High
    • Description: xoron has discovered a vulnerability in the Serverstat component for Mambo, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
    • Secunia Advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/21943/

  • Secunia Advisory 21948
    Dokeos "extAuthSource['newUser']" File Inclusion Vulnerability
    • Criticality: High
    • Description: James Bercegay has reported a vulnerability in Dokeos, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

      Input passed to the "extAuthSource['newUser']" parameter in claroline/inc/claro_init_local.inc.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local or external resources.

    • Secunia Advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/21948/

  • Secunia Advisory 21949
    Red Hat update for firefox
    • Criticality: High
    • Description: Red Hat has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct man-in-the-middle, spoofing, and cross-site scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a user's system.
    • Secunia Advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/21949/

  • Secunia Advisory 21950
    rPath updates for firefox and thunderbird
    • Criticality: High
    • Description: rPath has issued updates for firefox and thunderbird. These fix some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct man-in-the-middle, spoofing, and cross-site scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a user's system.
    • Secunia Advisory: http://secunia.com/advisories/21950/

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