Het programma phpBB is een krachtig, schaalbaar en volledig aanpasbaar forum pakket met een gebruikersvriendelijke interface en doeltreffende beheersfuncties. Het pakket wordt ontwikkeld in de taal PHP en biedt ondersteuning aan MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL en Access/ODBC databases voor het opslaan van de data. Sinds kort is versie 2.0.12 uitgebracht door de phpBB Group waarin een reeks beveiligingslekken worden opgelost. De release notes zien er als volgt uit:
phpBB Group are pleased to announce the release of phpBB 2.0.12 the "Horray for Furrywood" release. This release addresses a number of bugs and a couple of potential exploits. It also adds a new feature in the form of an ACP based version checker (maintainers of language packages please take note of the need for the additional localised string!).
One of the potential exploits addressed in this release could be serious in certain situations and thus we urge all users, as always, to upgrade to this release as soon as possible. Mostly this release is concerned with eliminating disclosures of information which while useful in debug situations may allow third parties to gain information which could be used to do harm via unknown or unfixed exploits in this or other applications.
What has changed in this release?
- Added confirm table to admin_db_utilities.php
- Prevented full path display on critical messages
- Fixed full path disclosure in username handling caused by a PHP 4.3.10 bug
- Added exclude list to unsetting globals (if register_globals is on)
- Fixed arbitrary file disclosure vulnerability in avatar handling functions
- Fixed arbitrary file unlink vulnerability in avatar handling functions
- Removed version number from powered by line
- Merged database update files to update_to_latest.php file
- Fixed path disclosure bug in search.php caused by a PHP 4.3.10 bug
- Fixed path disclosure bug in viewtopic.php caused by a PHP 4.3.10 bug