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Message-ID: <20111013144339.GB32345@foo.fgeek.fi>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:43:39 +0300
From: Henri Salo <henri@...v.fi>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE request: fluxbb before 1.4.7

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 08:41:48PM +0200, Hanno Böck wrote:
> http://fluxbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=5751
> 
> "This is a security release, however only affects anyone running FluxBB
> behind a reverse proxy, with FORUM_BEHIND_REVERSE_PROXY enabled - we
> expect this to be a small number of users."
> 
> Whatever that means... I suggest something like
> "Unknown security vulnerability related to reverse proxying"
> 
> -- 
> Hanno Böck		mail/jabber: hanno@...eck.de
> GPG: BBB51E42		http://www.hboeck.de/

Documentation about the feature: http://fluxbb.org/docs/v1.4/constants#forum_behind_reverse_proxy

I can ask more details from the vendor.

Best regards,
Henri Salo

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