Tickets :: [#4112] Upgrade Documentation about.php

6.0.0-beta1

7/23/25

Summary	Upgrade Documentation about.php
Queue	Horde Framework Packages
Queue Version	FRAMEWORK_3
Type	Enhancement
State	Rejected
Priority	3. High
Owners
Requester	info (at) lintecsa (dot) com
Created	07/03/2006 (6960 days ago)
Due
Updated	07/05/2006 (6958 days ago)
Assigned
Resolved	07/05/2006 (6958 days ago)
Milestone
Patch	No

07/05/2006 08:45:56 PM	jorge (at) lintecsa (dot) com	Comment #6	Reply to this comment
There has never been an about.php distributed with Horde in that directory. This is true, I was reviewing the old backups and found that the file "index.php" was changed his name to "about.php". But his content is the same

07/05/2006 03:39:51 PM	Chuck Hagenbuch	State ⇒ Rejected

07/05/2006 03:27:58 PM	info (at) lintecsa (dot) com	Comment #5	Reply to this comment
There has never been an about.php distributed with Horde in that directory. Shame on me, you are right. This file was a leftover not from a former horde install, but from a former exploit. They moved the old vulnarable index.php to about.php, very tricky!

07/05/2006 11:12:44 AM	Jan Schneider	Summary ⇒ Upgrade Documentation about.php

07/04/2006 11:15:25 PM	Chuck Hagenbuch	Comment #4	Reply to this comment
There has never been an about.php distributed with Horde in that directory.

07/04/2006 02:08:42 PM	info (at) lintecsa (dot) com	Comment #3	Reply to this comment
What are you talking about? /horde/services/help/about.php This file is obsolete in horde 3.1.1 - If you do an upgrade from former versions by just overwriting the directory the file about.php remains and opens horde to exploits. Version 3.1.1 fixed the remote code execution vulnerability in the help viewer but if about.php doesn't get deleted the vulnerability still exists. Therefore I recommend to mention this risk in docs/UPGRADING or even better: patch about.php to make it unusable.

07/04/2006 02:51:59 AM	Chuck Hagenbuch	Comment #2 State ⇒ Feedback	Reply to this comment
What are you talking about?

07/03/2006 10:48:00 PM	info (at) lintecsa (dot) com	Comment #1 Priority ⇒ 3. High Type ⇒ Enhancement Summary ⇒ Upgrade Documetation about.php Queue ⇒ Horde Framework Packages State ⇒ New	Reply to this comment
Doing an update from previous versions to Horde 3.1.1 about.php wouldn't be deleted or modified. This file is nothing but a dangerous leftover that has no more need in Horde 3.1.1: I would recommend to advise in the update notes or overwrite about.php in the updated version.