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PHP blasted with double-barrelled security holes

Publication:PC World New ZealandDate:Jul 16 2004
Reporter:Matthew Broersma

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PHP contains two critical bugs that could allow someone to take over a server and use a browser to run dangerous code, German IT security firm e-matters GmbH has warned.

PHP is the most popular scripting module on Apache servers and is enabled on at least half of all Apache servers, according to figures from SecuritySpace. The browsers affected are Explorer and Safari — accounting for virtually the entire market.




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