Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:32:06 -0600 From: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx> To: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Shopping cart other than OSCommerce? Message-ID: <3374602400-437630107@intranet.com.mx> In-Reply-To: <DB1524B8-BBC3-446C-A72A-59E981DD29B3@mac.com> References: <3374599093-437630056@intranet.com.mx> <DB1524B8-BBC3-446C-A72A-59E981DD29B3@mac.com>
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Hello all. Thanks for the time and rapid response Mr Chuck. Yes. Seems like the guilty one was OSCommerce. I am looking exactly for other option, as you say maybe not PHP ones and that's why asked for advice based on experinces of what people is using. I am looking for python option also. My needs are very simple, even a catalog of products without the shopping cart will be enough. I am also looking options that let you add modules. I want to continue using Freebsd, continue learning and also solve a personal need. Of course the idea is not to start a war between PHP lovers and any other language, but options and suggestions are very welcome. Anyway. I will continue searching. And when I find the solution will posted here , maybe could be of help to someone. By the way. It is great to receive advise from people like you all guys. I have been on the list for several years and I always learn something , always. Thanks to all Jorge Biquez At 03:01 p.m. 07/12/2010, Chuck Swiger wrote: >On Dec 7, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Jorge Biquez wrote: > > With a provider where I had a dedicated server, not running > FreeBsd , the entire server was hacked and before leaving them, the > tech support people said that the hacking was because of a problem > with some libraries under PHP AND OSCOMMERCE. They never could > prove that but I leave them since the entire server was hacked, not > information stolen but ONLY that$ all web pages (.html, .php) > pages where changed, all under different domains and account > jailed (?) using CPANEL. Anyway. I am not sure how sensible is > OSCCOmmerce to that since I know it is very popular but I would > like to test something else. > >30 seconds with a Google search suggests that osCommerce has >unpatched security vulnerabilities which do lead to compromise of >admin and arbitrary PHP code execution: > > http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1308/ > >"Affected By 7 Secunia advisories > 44 Vulnerabilities > >Unpatched 29% (2 of 7 Secunia advisories) > >Most Critical Unpatched >The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting osCommerce 2.x, >with all vendor patches applied, is rated Highly critical." > > http://secunia.com/advisories/33446/ > >"1) The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP >requests without performing any validity checks to verify the >requests. This can be exploited to e.g. create additional >administrator accounts by tricking an administrative user into >visiting a malicious web site. > >2) An error in the authentication mechanism can be exploited to >bypass authentication checks and gain access to the administrative >interface in the "admin/" folder. > >Successful exploitation allows to upload and execute arbitrary PHP >code e.g. via the file_manager.php script." > >In other words, your former site's tech support people were likely >right-- the site was almost certainly hacked because of >osCommerce. Find something else, preferably something which is not >based upon PHP. > >Regards, >-- >-Chuck > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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