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AlphaMail Password Disclosure Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21871
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Release Date:
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2006-09-13
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Last Update:
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2006-09-18
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Popularity:
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4,668 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | AlphaMail 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-4787
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in AlphaMail, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose certain sensitive information.
The security issue is due to an error in the logging functionality, which includes unencrypted passwords in an error message in the log file.
The security issue has been reported in versions prior to version 1.0.16.
Solution:
Update to version 1.0.16.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-09-18: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://whizzo.uoregon.edu/public/src/alphamail/ChangeLog
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