From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 05:22:05 CST

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TITLE:
Andy's PHP Man Page Lookup Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10603

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10603/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Andy's PHP Man Page Lookup

DESCRIPTION:
Cabezon Aurélien has identified a vulnerability in Man Page Lookup,
which can be exploited by malicious people to see the content of
arbitrary files.

The problem is that the "command" parameter isn't properly verified.
This can be exploited by supplying arbitrary path/file names.

Versions released prior to 2nd January 2004 are affected.

SOLUTION:
The version released on 2nd January 2004 isn't vulnerable.
http://php.amnuts.com/index.php?do=view&id=1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Cabezon Aurélien

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