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TITLE:
Mambo Search Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28392

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28392/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Mambo 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/872/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mambo, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the search
component and module, which can be exploited to use lots of system
resources. No further information is currently available.

The vulnerability is reported in all 4.5.x and 4.6.x versions.

SOLUTION:
Mambo 4.6.x:
http://mambo-code.org/gf/download/frsrelease/298/538/20080110-Mambo46x-SearchPatch.zip

Mambo 4.5.5:
http://mambo-code.org/gf/download/frsrelease/298/542/20080110-Mambo45x-SearchPatch.zip

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=9651

TITLE:
Mambo Unspecified Bypass Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25039

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25039/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Mambo 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/872/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mambo, which can be exploited
by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

1) A vulnerability is caused due to insufficient privilege checks in
includes/pdf.php. No further information is currently available.

2) A vulnerability is caused due to insufficient privilege checks in
MOStlyDB Admin. Successful exploitation requires valid administrator
credentials. No further information is currently available.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 4.6.1. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.6.2.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Robert Atkinson
2) Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
1) http://www.tracker.mambo-foundation.org/?do=details&task_id=170