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DBMail Empty LDAP Passwords Authentication Bypass
Secunia Advisory: SA29903
Release Date: 2008-04-21
Popularity: 4,575 views

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

Software:DBMail 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when binding to an LDAP server with an empty password. Depending on the LDAP implementation and configuration used, this can be exploited to bypass the authentication mechanism.

Note: Reportedly, this only affects installations using an Active Directory LDAP server with anonymous logins enabled.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.2.9.

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