PHPBB Common.php IP Address Spoofing Vulnerability

BID:10170

Info

PHPBB Common.php IP Address Spoofing Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10170
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 19 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 19 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Wang and the SRR project group Ready Response <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8 a
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7 a
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 d
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 c
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.5
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.4
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.3
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.2
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.1
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 .0
Not Vulnerable: phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.9

Discussion

PHPBB Common.php IP Address Spoofing Vulnerability

It has been reported that phpBB may be prone to a vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to spoof their IP address. As a result, an attacker would hide their identity and bypass IP restrictions enabled by an administrator.

phpBB versions 2.0.8a and prior are reported to be affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

PHPBB Common.php IP Address Spoofing Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

PHPBB Common.php IP Address Spoofing Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 2.0.9 of phpBB that addresses this issue.


phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 .0

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.1

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.2

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.3

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.4

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.5

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 c

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 d

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7 a

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8 a

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8

References

PHPBB Common.php IP Address Spoofing Vulnerability

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