Novell GroupWise 6 Post Office LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:4154

Info

Novell GroupWise 6 Post Office LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4154
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0303
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 20 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by Frank Bulk <[email protected]> on February 20, 2002.
Vulnerable: Novell Groupwise 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Novell GroupWise 6 Post Office LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

GroupWise 6 is a directory service available from Novell. It is designed for use on the Microsoft Windows platforms.

When GroupWise is executed as any user, and the password field is left blank, it is possible to gain access to the account of the user without authenication. This problem occurs when GroupWise has been configured to use LDAP authentication and the security configuration of PostOffice leaves the LDAP username and password fields blank.

Exploit / POC

Novell GroupWise 6 Post Office LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

No exploit is required for this vulnerability.

Solution / Fix

Novell GroupWise 6 Post Office LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
A patch is available:


Novell Groupwise 6.0

References

Novell GroupWise 6 Post Office LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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