Castelle Faxpress Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:4030

Info

Castelle Faxpress Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4030
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0235
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 05 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 09:56AM
Credit: Discovered by Leon Ward <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Castelle FaxPress Software 6.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Castelle Faxpress Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Castelle FaxPress is an integrated solution for a network fax environment. FaxPress is a hardware and software server providing fax functionality, and is designed to integrate with Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare, and Linux based systems.

When a network print job is submitted with an incorrect password, the FaxPress notice system is used to send an error message back to the client. This message includes the submitted username and password in plaintext, possibly leading to the disclosure of sensitive information.

Exploit / POC

Castelle Faxpress Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit code is required.

Solution / Fix

Castelle Faxpress Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
It has been reported that this issue will be fixed in the next version of the FaxPress software.

Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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]>.

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Castelle Faxpress Plaintext Password Disclosure Vulnerability

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