Joomla! DOCman Component SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44605

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http://secunia.com/advisories/44605/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44605

RELEASE DATE:
2011-05-18

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the DOCman component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.

Certain unspecified input passed to the "search" functionality is not
properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.4.2 and 1.5.10.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.4.2 or 1.5.10.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DOCman:
http://blog.joomlatools.eu/2011/01/docman-1510-and-142-released.html
http://www.joomlatools.eu/products/docman/changelog.html