Kahua Shared User Database Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:21074

Info

Kahua Shared User Database Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21074
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-5932
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 14 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2016 02:40PM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: Kahua Kahua 0.5.1
Kahua Kahua 0.6
Kahua Kahua 0.5
Not Vulnerable: Kahua Kahua 0.7

Discussion

Kahua Shared User Database Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Kahua is prone to an authentication-bypass vulnerability because of an access-validation error in the affected application.

An attacker may exploit this issue to bypass certain authentication mechanisms. This may lead to other attacks.

Versions prior to 0.7 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Kahua Shared User Database Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a web client.

Solution / Fix

Kahua Shared User Database Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please contact the vendor for information on how to obtain and apply this update.

References

Kahua Shared User Database Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

References:
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