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gtalkbot Disclosure of User Credentials
Secunia Advisory: SA23942
Release Date: 2007-01-31
Last Update: 2007-02-01
Popularity: 5,342 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:gtalkbot 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-0627


Description:
A security issue has been reported in gtalkbot, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information.

The problem is that certain user credentials are passed to the application as arguments on the command line. This can be exploited to gain knowledge of usernames and passwords of other services via the process list.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.1.

Solution:
Update to version 1.1 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2007-02-01: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.stillhq.com/gtalkbot/000003.html


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