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TITLE:
SPIP Database Disconnect Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44147

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/44147/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44147

RELEASE DATE:
2011-04-14

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/44147/#comments

AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/44147/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44147

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
 * AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in SPIP, which can be exploited by
malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
exploited to disconnect the site from the database.

Successful exploitation requires "editor" access.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.1.10.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.1.10.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Arnault.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SPIP:
http://www.spip-contrib.net/Mise-a-jour-de-securite-SPIP-2-1-10

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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