A Gallery update has been released for Gentoo Linux
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200406-10
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Gallery: Privilege escalation vulnerability
Date: June 15, 2004
Bugs: #52798
ID: 200406-10
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Synopsis
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There is a vulnerability in the Gallery photo album software which may allow an attacker to gain administrator privileges within Gallery.
Background
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Gallery is a web application written in PHP which is used to organize and publish photo albums. It allows multiple users to build and maintain their own albums. It also supports the mirroring of images on other servers.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-misc/gallery = 1.4.3_p2
Description
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There is a vulnerability in the Gallery photo album software which may allow an attacker to gain administrator privileges within Gallery. A Gallery administrator has full access to all albums and photos on the server, thus attackers may add or delete photos at will.
Impact
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Attackers may gain full access to all Gallery albums. There is no risk to the webserver itself, or the server on which it runs.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.
Resolution
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All users should upgrade to the latest available version of Gallery.
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=app-misc/gallery-1.4.3_p2"
# emerge ">=app-misc/gallery-1.4.3_p2"
References
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[ 1 ] Gallery Announcement
http://gallery.menalto.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=123&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-10.xml
Concerns?
========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200406-10
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Gallery: Privilege escalation vulnerability
Date: June 15, 2004
Bugs: #52798
ID: 200406-10
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Synopsis
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There is a vulnerability in the Gallery photo album software which may allow an attacker to gain administrator privileges within Gallery.
Background
=========
Gallery is a web application written in PHP which is used to organize and publish photo albums. It allows multiple users to build and maintain their own albums. It also supports the mirroring of images on other servers.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-misc/gallery = 1.4.3_p2
Description
==========
There is a vulnerability in the Gallery photo album software which may allow an attacker to gain administrator privileges within Gallery. A Gallery administrator has full access to all albums and photos on the server, thus attackers may add or delete photos at will.
Impact
=====
Attackers may gain full access to all Gallery albums. There is no risk to the webserver itself, or the server on which it runs.
Workaround
=========
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version.
Resolution
=========
All users should upgrade to the latest available version of Gallery.
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=app-misc/gallery-1.4.3_p2"
# emerge ">=app-misc/gallery-1.4.3_p2"
References
=========
[ 1 ] Gallery Announcement
http://gallery.menalto.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=123&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Availability
===========
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-10.xml
Concerns?
========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
======
Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0
