Secunia Software Inspector Security Update Verification Weakness

BID:22736

Info

Secunia Software Inspector Security Update Verification Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 22736
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 26 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 27 2007 03:26PM
Credit: David Robert is credited with discovering this issue.
Vulnerable: Secunia Software Inspector 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Secunia Software Inspector Security Update Verification Weakness

Secunia Software Inspector is prone to a weakness that provides a false sense of security to users.

Users rely on this application to provide assurance of security updates for their computers. However, this issue may cause users to be unaware of available patches for known vulnerabilities.

Exploit / POC

Secunia Software Inspector Security Update Verification Weakness

Attackers can exploit this issue by exploiting other latent vulnerabilities or potentially through network-based attacks.

Solution / Fix

Secunia Software Inspector Security Update Verification Weakness

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: mailto:[email protected].

References

Secunia Software Inspector Security Update Verification Weakness

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