[SA18858] PyBlosxom Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability

TITLE:
PyBlosxom Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18858

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PyBlosxom 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/8070/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in PyBlosxom, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain sensitive
information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
"PATH_INFO" when it contains multiple / at the beginning. This may be
exploited on certain web servers to view arbitrary files.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.3.x.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.3.2.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=67445&package_id=65802

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=391800

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