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[DSA1096] DSA-1096-1 webcalendar

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1096-1 webcalendar

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A vulnerability has been discovered in webcalendar, a PHP-based
multi-user calendar, that permits a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary PHP code when register_globals is turned on.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain a webcalendar package.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.45-4sarge5.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.4-1
We recommend that you upgrade your webcalendar package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1096
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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