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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3227-1 (movabletype-opensource - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
9 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
John Lightsey discovered a format string injection vulnerability in the localisation of templates in Movable Type, a blogging system. An unauthenticated remote attacker could take advantage of this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the web server user.
Affected Software
Affected Software
movabletype-opensource on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.1.4+dfsg-4+deb7u3. We recommend that you upgrade your movabletype-opensource packages.