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TITLE:
FormEncode "chained_validators" Security Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31081

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
FormEncode 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/19336/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in FormEncode, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application not calling the
"chained_validators" validator class, which can be exploited to
bypass the intended filtering steps.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0. Other versions may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Petter Urkedal

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1925164&group_id=91231&atid=596416

http://www.formencode.org/news.html#id1

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