TITLE:
Mantis ADOdb Insecure Test Scripts Security Issues

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18254

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18254/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of system information, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Mantis 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/2608/
Mantis 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5571/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered two security issues in Mantis, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose system information,
execute arbitrary SQL code, and potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.

For more information:
SA17418

The security issues have been confirmed in versions 0.19.4 and
1.0.0rc4. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict web access to PHP scripts in the "core/adodb" directory
(e.g. with a .htaccess file).

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17418:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17418/

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