Open-Xchange Default Account Password
Secunia Advisory: SA20323
Release Date: 2006-05-29
Last Update: 2006-11-15
Popularity: 5,478 views

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

Software:Open-Xchange 0.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2738


Description:
Cemil Degirmenci has reported a security issue in Open-Xchange, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The problem is caused due to a default user with known username and password being added to the ldap-server server during installation (mailadmin/secret). This can be exploited to gain access to the IMAP server, or to gain access to the system if the ldap-server is used for pam authentication.

The security issue has been reported in version 0.8.2.

Note: The problem reportedly only affects the open-source version of Open-Xchange.

Solution:
The security issue will reportedly be fixed in the next version.

Change the password and the logon shell of the "mailadmin" user.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Cemil Degirmenci

Changelog:
2006-06-07: Added CVE reference.
2006-11-15: Updated "Description" section.

Original Advisory:
http://www.open-xchange.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2815


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