MGASA-2016-0044

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    MGASA-2016-0044

    Published: 5 Feb 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated cakephp package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: CakePHP, an open-source web application framework for PHP, was vulnerable to SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) attacks. Remote attacker can utilize it for at least DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, if the target application accepts XML as an input. It is caused by insecure design of Cake's Xml class.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0044.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17003, http://lwn.net/Alerts/661886/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cakephp

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/cakephp?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.21-2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High