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Secunia Advisory SA29708

WatchGuard Firebox Products User Enumeration Weakness
Secunia Advisory SA29708
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Release Date 2008-04-08
   
Popularity 4,511 views
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Criticality level Not criticalNot critical
Impact Exposure of system information
Where From remote
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
   
Operating System
WatchGuard Firebox X 1250e
WatchGuard Firebox X 5500e
WatchGuard Firebox X 750e
WatchGuard Firebox X1000
WatchGuard Firebox X500
WatchGuard Firebox X550e
WatchGuard Firebox X6500e
WatchGuard Firebox X700
WatchGuard Firebox X8500e
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2008-1618 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

Luke Jennings has reported a weakness in some WatchGuard Firebox products, which can be exploited by malicious people to determine valid usernames.

The problem is that different responses are being sent when using a valid or an invalid username. This can be exploited to determine valid usernames.

The weakness is reported in WatchGuard Firebox X Peak and X Core e-series prior to firmware version 10.


Solution
Update to firmware version 10.

Provided and/or discovered by
Luke Jennings, MWR InfoSecurity

Original Advisory
http://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/publications/mwri_watchguard-firebox-pptp-vpn-user-enumeration-advisory_2008-04-04.pdf

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