Secunia Security Advisory - S.W.A.T. has discovered a vulnerability in LiveAlbum, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
LiveAlbum "livealbum_dir" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27139
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27139/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information,
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
LiveAlbum 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/15998/
DESCRIPTION:
S.W.A.T. has discovered a vulnerability in LiveAlbum, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to
compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "livealbum_dir" parameter in common.php is not
properly verified before being used to include files. This can be
exploited to include arbitrary files from local or external
resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.9.1. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
S.W.A.T.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4503
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