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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1484
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-1484

Description:
The password reset feature in PunBB 1.2.16 and earlier uses predictable random numbers based on the system time, which allows remote authenticated users to determine the new password via a brute force attack on a seed that is based on the approximate creation time of the targeted account. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2006-5737.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA29043

OSVDB
  45561

MISC
  http://sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-01.txt

MILW0RM
  http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5165

CONFIRM
  http://punbb.org/download/changelogs/1.2.16_to_1.2.17.txt
  http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18460

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488408/100/200/threaded

BID
  27908


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