Description
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A flaw has been discovered in the third-party XML-RPC library included with
Drupal. An attacker could execute arbitrary PHP code on a target site.
Versions affected
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All versions
Solution
--------
Either remove the XML-RPC server, or upgrade to the latest Drupal version:
- If you cannot upgrade immediately, you can secure your site by removing
the XML-RPC server: simply remove the file 'xmlrpc.php' in the root of
your Drupal directory.
- If you are running Drupal 4.5.x, then upgrade to Drupal 4.5.4.
- If you are running Drupal 4.6.x, then upgrade to Drupal 4.6.2.
Contact
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The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security (at) drupal (dot) org [email concealed]
or using the form at http://drupal.org/contact.
// Uwe Hermann, on behalf of the Drupal Security Team.
--
Uwe Hermann <uwe (at) hermann-uwe (dot) de [email concealed]>
http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.crazy-hacks.org
http://www.it-services-uh.de | http://www.phpmeat.org
http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org | http://www.holsham-traders.de
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Drupal security advisory DRUPAL-SA-2005-003
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Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2005-003
Date: 2005-jun-29
Security risk: highly critical
Impact: system access
Where: from remote
Vulnerability: arbitrary PHP code execution
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Description
-----------
A flaw has been discovered in the third-party XML-RPC library included with
Drupal. An attacker could execute arbitrary PHP code on a target site.
Versions affected
-----------------
All versions
Solution
--------
Either remove the XML-RPC server, or upgrade to the latest Drupal version:
- If you cannot upgrade immediately, you can secure your site by removing
the XML-RPC server: simply remove the file 'xmlrpc.php' in the root of
your Drupal directory.
- If you are running Drupal 4.5.x, then upgrade to Drupal 4.5.4.
- If you are running Drupal 4.6.x, then upgrade to Drupal 4.6.2.
Contact
-------
The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security (at) drupal (dot) org [email concealed]
or using the form at http://drupal.org/contact.
// Uwe Hermann, on behalf of the Drupal Security Team.
--
Uwe Hermann <uwe (at) hermann-uwe (dot) de [email concealed]>
http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.crazy-hacks.org
http://www.it-services-uh.de | http://www.phpmeat.org
http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org | http://www.holsham-traders.de
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