Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in phpMyFAQ, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
phpMyFAQ Compromised Source Packages Backdoor Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42622
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RELEASE DATE:
2010-12-25
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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in phpMyFAQ, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The security issue is caused due to the distribution of compromised
phpMyFAQ source code packages containing a backdoor, which can be
exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary PHP code.
The compromised versions were distributed from December 4th to
December 15th in versions 2.6.11 and 2.6.12.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.13. Please see the vendor's advisories for
additional details.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2010-12-15.php
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