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Poppassd Unauthorised Password Change Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA13813
Release Date: 2005-01-14
Popularity: 6,881 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Poppassd 1.x

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Description:
Marcus Hanwell has reported a vulnerability in Poppassd, which can be exploited by malicious people to change system passwords.

The problem is that malicious people can change any user's password without authentication on a vulnerable system, which provides access to Poppassd (e.g. through a web interface).

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