Description
Phpbb3 before 3.0.11-4 for Debian GNU/Linux uses world-writable permissions for cache files, which allows local users to modify the file contents via standard filesystem write operations.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 7 | phpbb3 | 3.0.10-4+deb7u1 | DSA-2752-1 |
| Debian 6.0 | phpbb3 | 3.0.7-PL1-4+squeeze1 | DSA-2752-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2752-1 phpbb3 - too wide permissions Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 54665 third-party-advisory
- DSA-2752 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711172