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DBMail Empty LDAP Passwords Authentication Bypass
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29903
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Release Date:
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2008-04-21
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Popularity:
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3,522 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | DBMail 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-6714
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in DBMail, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when binding to an LDAP server with an empty password. Depending on the LDAP implementation and configuration used, this can be exploited to bypass the authentication mechanism.
Note: Reportedly, this only affects installations using an Active Directory LDAP server with anonymous logins enabled.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.2.9.
Solution:
Update to version 2.2.9.
Provided and/or discovered by:
vugluskr
Original Advisory:
http://www.mail-archive.com/dbmail-dev@dbmail.org/msg09942.html
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