Macromedia Breeze Plaintext Password Storage Weakness
BID:14975
Info
Macromedia Breeze Plaintext Password Storage Weakness
| Bugtraq ID: | 14975 |
| Class: | Design Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | No |
| Local: | Yes |
| Published: | Sep 29 2005 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Sep 29 2005 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Troy Wise of Edstrom Industries, Inc reported this issue to the vendor. |
| Vulnerable: |
Macromedia Breeze 5.0 |
| Not Vulnerable: |
Macromedia Breeze 5.1 |
Discussion
Macromedia Breeze Plaintext Password Storage Weakness
Macromedia Breeze is a commercial online training and communications system.
Macromedia Breeze is susceptible to a plaintext password storage weakness. This issue is due to a design error in the password reset feature.
This issue could be used in conjunction with other possible vulnerabilities in a host to gain access to user authentication credentials. This poses an additional risk since users may recycle credentials across multiple services.
Macromedia Breeze is a commercial online training and communications system.
Macromedia Breeze is susceptible to a plaintext password storage weakness. This issue is due to a design error in the password reset feature.
This issue could be used in conjunction with other possible vulnerabilities in a host to gain access to user authentication credentials. This poses an additional risk since users may recycle credentials across multiple services.
Exploit / POC
Macromedia Breeze Plaintext Password Storage Weakness
An exploit is not required.
An exploit is not required.
Solution / Fix
Macromedia Breeze Plaintext Password Storage Weakness
Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory, along with an updated version of the software to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.
Macromedia Breeze 5.0
Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory, along with an updated version of the software to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.
Macromedia Breeze 5.0
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Macromedia breeze_5.1_updater.zip
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/breeze/updaters/breeze_5.1_updater. zip
References
Macromedia Breeze Plaintext Password Storage Weakness
References:
References:
- Breeze Home Page (Macromedia)
- MPSB 05-06 Breeze 5.0 Password Reset Encryption (Macromedia)