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Secunia Advisory SA17613

Macromedia Contribute Publishing Server Weak Password Encryption
Secunia Advisory SA17613
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Release Date 2005-11-16
   
Popularity 8,512 views
Comments 0 comments

Criticality level Less criticalLess critical
Impact Exposure of sensitive information
Where Local system
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
   
Software:
Adobe Contribute Publishing Server 1.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) No CVE references.
  

Description

A security issue has been reported in Macromedia Contribute Publishing Server, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose certain sensitive information.

The security issue is caused due to a weak encryption algorithm being used to encrypt user password in connection keys that use shared FTP login credentials.

The security issue has been reported in versions prior to 1.11.


Solution
Update to version 1.11.
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
The vendor credits Chris Dary of Carthage College.

Original Advisory
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-08.html

Deep Links
Links available in Customer Area


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