Joomla! JInventory Component "controller" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39351

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39351/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the JInventory component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
sensitive information.

Input passed via the "controller" parameter index.php (when "option"
is set to "com_jinventory") is not properly verified before being
used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary
files from local resources via directory traversal sequences and
URL-encoded NULL bytes.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.26.03.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.26.03.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Chip D3 Bi0s

CHANGELOG:
2010-04-08: Updated "Solution" section due to patch release. Added
version information to the "Description" section.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/e-commerce/shopping-cart/7951