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November 27, 2003

MT Vulnerability

According to Utterly Boring who points to Zope Newbies who points to the MT Forum there is a vulnerability in one of the MT cgi scripts. I don't normally use this (on my MT blog - it is not a TypePad problem AFAIK) but I have disabled it as per the instructions in the forum. I may also try to set up the honeypot.

If you (or your friends) are running MT anywhere, look at disabling this feature....

Posted by Ozguru at November 27, 2003 12:11 PM


Comments


Oh this...I already chmodded it to 600 yesterday on the advice of a friend...since I wasn't using it anyway.

Posted by: Jivha at November 27, 2003 12:11 PM

Tony has some news about an official fix for this problem if you haven't already solved it.

Posted by: ozguru at November 27, 2003 12:11 PM

The search for technology, in the blogosphere * Ozguru - Points out a MT Vulnerability. I came across this same issue while I was taking a walk through the blogosphere. I guess I will have to take some precautions soon. * McGehee - SpamBots watchout, McGehee gives us a heads up as to who these spa...

Posted by: Technically Speaking at November 27, 2003 12:11 PM

Maybe I was right way back when A long long time ago, in a land far away ... well not that long ago and not that far ... I was pretty computer efficient, but was a bit afraid to hook up to the internet because I was...

Posted by: Tiger: Raggin' & Rantin' at November 27, 2003 12:11 PM