Volution Client Authentication Failure Hijacking Vulnerability

BID:2850

Info

Volution Client Authentication Failure Hijacking Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 2850
Class: Configuration Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 08 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 08 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was originally announced in a Caldera Security Advisory on June 8, 2001.
Vulnerable: Caldera Volution 1.0.7
+ Caldera OpenLinux Desktop 2.3
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- Redhat Linux 6.1
- Redhat Linux 6.2
+ SCO eDesktop 2.4
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 6.4
Caldera Volution 1.0.6
+ Caldera OpenLinux Desktop 2.3
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- Redhat Linux 6.1
- Redhat Linux 6.2
+ SCO eDesktop 2.4
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 6.4
Caldera Volution 1.0
+ Caldera OpenLinux Desktop 2.3
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- Redhat Linux 6.1
- Redhat Linux 6.2
+ SCO eDesktop 2.4
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 6.4
Not Vulnerable: Caldera Volution 1.0.8 -47
+ Caldera OpenLinux Desktop 2.3
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- Redhat Linux 6.1
- Redhat Linux 6.2
+ SCO eDesktop 2.4
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 6.4
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.1
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0

Discussion

Volution Client Authentication Failure Hijacking Vulnerability

Volution is a software package distributed by Caldera Systems. Volution is a remote system administration and management software package with includes such features and system resource monitoring and software management.

A problem with the Volution client makes it possible to hijack a Volution managed system. A system managed by Volution authenticates with an LDAP server to get data. However, if this fails, the client begins searching the local network for the Computer Creation Daemon.

This makes it possible for another Volution server on the local network to gain control of the Volution client, giving the Volution server full administrative access to the system.

Exploit / POC

Volution Client Authentication Failure Hijacking Vulnerability

See discussion.

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