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title: "CVE-2011-5083\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-5083

Publication date 19 March 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in inc/swf/swfupload.swf in Dotclear
2.3.1 and 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by
uploading a file with an executable PHP extension, then accessing it via a
direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5083?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dotclear | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

dotclear in Debian does not ship the vulnerable swf file

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-5083)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5083)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-5083)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-5083)

### Other references

* <http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18529>
* <http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Dotclear-file-upload-via-swfupload-swf-11396>
* <http://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2011090012>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5083>