6524 : Gallery init.php Authentication Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-06-01

Description

Gallery contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain administrative access. The issue is triggered when a specially crafted URL is passed to init.php to bypass authentication. It is possible that the flaw may allow unauthorized administrative access resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Other
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.3-pl2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Bharat Mediratta	Gallery	1.2.x
		1.3.x
		1.4
		1.4.1
		1.4.2
		1.4.3-pl1

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 11752 11758 11873
ISS X-Force ID: 16301
CVE ID: 2004-0522 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://gallery.menalto.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=123&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gallery-announce&m=108611866223848&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-512
Other Advisory URL: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=108620102113244&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-10.xml

Tools & Filters

	12278 12544 15349

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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