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LedgerSMB "redirect" Authentication Bypass
Secunia Advisory: SA26121
Release Date: 2007-07-19
Last Update: 2007-07-27
Popularity: 3,359 views

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

Software:LedgerSMB 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-3907


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in LedgerSMB, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to improper checks for authentication credentials in the redirection code. This can be exploited to gain access to restricted resources, but requires knowledge of a valid username.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 1.2.0 to 1.2.6.

Solution:
Update to version 1.2.7.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfi...ckage_id=202253&release_id=523576

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits an anonymous member of the LedgerSMB team.

Changelog:
2007-07-27: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showno...release_id=523576&group_id=175965


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