---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drupal security advisory DRUPAL-SA-2006-006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2006-006 Project: Drupal core Date: 2006-05-24 Security risk: highly critical Impact: Drupal core Where: from remote Vulnerability: Execution of arbitrary files ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description ----------- Certain -- alas, typical -- configurations of Apache allow execution of carefully named arbitrary scripts in the files directory. Drupal now will attempt to automatically create a .htaccess file in your "files" directory to protect you. Versions affected ----------------- All Drupal versions before 4.6.7 and also Drupal 4.7.0. Solution -------- If you are running Drupal 4.6.x then upgrade to Drupal 4.6.7. If you are running Drupal 4.7.0 then upgrade to Drupal 4.7.1. Make sure you have a .htaccess in your "files" dir and it contains this line: SetHandler This_is_a_Drupal_security_line_do_not_remove Contact ------- The security contact for Drupal can be reached at security@xxxxxxxxxx or using the form at http://drupal.org/contact. More information is available from http://drupal.org/security or from our security RSS feed http://drupal.org/security/rss.xml. // Uwe Hermann, on behalf of the Drupal Security Team. -- Uwe Hermann http://www.hermann-uwe.de http://www.it-services-uh.de | http://www.crazy-hacks.org http://www.holsham-traders.de | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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