Bugtraq mailing list archives

Re: phpBB 2.0.20 Full Path Disclosure and SQL Errors


From: Paul Laudanski <zx () castlecops com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 20:25:59 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 8 May 2006, Maksymilian Arciemowicz wrote:

"Full Path Disclosure" isn't a risk but many systems of PHP or important sites 
are vulnerable to this issues. Of course it is possible to turn off 
display_errors but it isn't changing the fact, that issues should not be. It 
is typical "Full Path Disclosure". 
Yesterday I received the confirmation from phpBB about the acceptance of these 
bug.
PHP is a specific language and are many different possibilities to show full 
path. I will public note about this bugs.

I don't disagree, but I do think path disclosure is not a big deal.  If 
you're running a website, the first thing you have to do is secure the 
daemons on it.  And that includes disabling the displaying of errors, 
disabling debugging, etc.

-- 
Paul Laudanski, Microsoft MVP Windows-Security
Submit Phish: http://castlecops.com/pirt
[de] http://de.castlecops.com
[en] http://castlecops.com
[wiki] http://wiki.castlecops.com
[family] http://cuddlesnkisses.com


Current thread: