ActivePost Standard plaintext password
| activepost-plaintext-password (17486) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ActivePost Standard could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. When a user enters the conference menu, information about available rooms, including passwords for protected rooms, is sent in plain text. A remote attacker could use a sniffing tool to expolit this vulnerability and obtain sensitive information.
Consequences:
Obtain Information
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- ActivePost Web site: Secure IM ActivePost.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Sep 23 2004 - 13:26:56 CDT : Multiple vulnerabilities in ActivePost Standard 3.1.
- BID-11244: ActivePost Messenger Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1549: The conference menu in ActivePost Standard 3.1 sends passwords of password-protected rooms in cleartext, which could allow remote attackers to gain sensitive information by sniffing the network connection.
- SA12642: ActivePost Standard Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1011406: ActivePost Lets Remote Users Upload Arbitrary Files, Detemine Passwords, and Crash the System, and D
Platforms Affected:
- ONNURI INFOTEK Co. ActivePost Standard 3.1 and prior
Reported:
Sep 23, 2004
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