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TITLE:
Joomla! jNews Component Open Flash Chart Arbitrary File Creation
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA51333

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-11-19

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the jNews component for Joomla!,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application bundling a
vulnerable version of Open Flash Chart.

This might be related to:
SA37903

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 7.9.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.9.1.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.joobi.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8560
http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List#jNews

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