CVE-2005-4358

Publication date 20 December 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

admin/admin_disallow.php in phpBB 2.0.18 allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a direct request with a non-empty setmodules parameter, which causes an invalid append_sid function call that leaks the path in an error message.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
phpbb2 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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