Re: [users@httpd] Machine compromised via apache 2.0.54... I think.

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We don't run PHP on this machine.  There must be a way at the Web
server level to prohibit it from writing scripts to the filesystem and
then executing them.  Right??


On 9/27/05, Station51 Donations <donations@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We discovered this problem on our own server quite some time ago. It was
> linked to a problem with the forum software, phpBB. If you or anyone on the
> server (customers etc) are running it, they should be advised to upgrade to
> the latest versions. This also goes for any *Nuke software such as postnuke
> and other content management systems. Their spaghetti coded and often have a
> lot of security problems. Our servers are now forbidding clients to install
> any nuke CMSes as well as install phpBB because we feel its simply not worth
> the risk of our entire customer base.
>
> Someone here probably has more technical documentation about the specific
> phpBB/webalizer bug I'm referring to.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill

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