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TITLE:
Joomla! Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA52043

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RELEASE DATE:
2013-02-05

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Joomla!, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive
information.

1) An error related to the method of encoding search terms can be
exploited to disclose certain information.

This vulnerability is reported in the 2.5.x versions prior to 2.5.9
and in the 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.3.

2) An error due to an undefined variable can be exploited to disclose
certain information.

3) Certain coding errors can be exploited to disclose certain
information.

The vulnerabilities #2 and #3 are reported in the 3.0.x versions
prior to 3.0.3.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.5.9 or 3.0.3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
1) Egidio Romano
2) Mark Dexter
3) Stergios Kolios

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5477-joomla-2-5-9-released.html
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5478-joomla-3-0-3-released.html
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/548-20130201-core-information-disclosure.html
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/549-20130202-core-information-disclosure.html
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/550-20130203-core-information-disclosure.html

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