Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | Meridian Prolog Manager uses weak authentication to store and transmit user credentials |
Informations | |||
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Name | VU#120593 | First vendor Publication | 2007-12-17 |
Vendor | VU-CERT | Last vendor Modification | 2007-12-19 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | M |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Vulnerability Note VU#120593Meridian Prolog Manager uses weak authentication to store and transmit user credentialsOverviewMeridian Systems Prolog Manager does not use strong encryption and returns a list of all user credentials when authenticating clients. These behaviors could allow an attacker to obtain user credentials and decrypt passwords.I. DescriptionMeridian Systems Prolog Manager is a set of construction project management tools that are designed to interface with a Microsoft SQL Server.Prolog Manager administrators can choose to use one of the following methods to encrypt the passwords:
II. ImpactAn attacker who can intercept network traffic or send an invalid loin request can obtain authentication credentials and decrypt passwords.III. SolutionWe are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.Use database and network encryption
Systems Affected
References
Information about this vulnerability was posted on the bugtraq mailing list. This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
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Original Source
Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120593 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 3 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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42634 | Meridian Prolog Manager Cleartext Password Disclosure |