[PHP] Re: [ANNOUNCE] PHP Security Advisory: Vulnerability in PHP versions 4.2.0 and4.2.1

2002-07-23 Thread Richard Lynch
>Very cute! "Upgrade Now!" It will work well with PHP newbies. Not! If you are on Windoze, just download and run the installer or whatever you did last time that actually worked, as much as anything on Windoze works. If on Un*x: Download 4.2.2 from http://php.net and save it in /usr/src or

Re: [PHP] Re: [ANNOUNCE] PHP Security Advisory: Vulnerability in PHP versions 4.2.0 and4.2.1

2002-07-23 Thread Jason Wong
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 01:01, Scott Fletcher wrote: > Very cute! "Upgrade Now!" It will work well with PHP newbies. Not! If 'PHP newbies' aren't able to perform the upgrade themselves, they should ask someone who can. If it was the 'PHP newbies' who originally did the php installation th

[PHP] Re: [ANNOUNCE] PHP Security Advisory: Vulnerability in PHP versions 4.2.0 and4.2.1

2002-07-23 Thread Scott Fletcher
Very cute! "Upgrade Now!" It will work well with PHP newbies. Not! "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >Not being an expert in php..i couldnt understand the vulnerability. > >Can someone shed some light here. > > Very short explanation: > > Upgrade

[PHP] Re: [ANNOUNCE] PHP Security Advisory: Vulnerability in PHP

2002-07-22 Thread Manuel Lemos
Hello, On 07/22/2002 08:50 PM, Richard Lynch wrote: >>Not being an expert in php..i couldnt understand the vulnerability. >>Can someone shed some light here. > > > Very short explanation: > > Upgrade. > Now! Downgrading can also be a good option. New versions have new bugs, despite that also

[PHP] Re: [ANNOUNCE] PHP Security Advisory: Vulnerability in PHP versions 4.2.0 and4.2.1

2002-07-22 Thread Richard Lynch
>Not being an expert in php..i couldnt understand the vulnerability. >Can someone shed some light here. Very short explanation: Upgrade. Now! Longer one: If your web-site has *ANY* FORM tags on it, and you have PHP ready-and-waiting to process those FORMs, then somebody could manage to create

[PHP] Re: [ANNOUNCE] PHP Security Advisory: Vulnerability in PHP versions 4.2.0 and4.2.1

2002-07-22 Thread Anil Garg
HI, Not being an expert in php..i couldnt understand the vulnerability. Can someone shed some light here. Regards anil - Original Message - From: "Marko Karppinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PHP-DEV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002