Open WebMail User Name Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:6232

Info

Open WebMail User Name Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6232
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 23 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 23 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to "FreeBSDbr Bugtraq DataBase" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Open Webmail Open Webmail 1.71
Open Webmail Open Webmail 1.7
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Open WebMail User Name Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Open Webmail is a freely available, open source web email application. It is available for Unix and Linux operating systems.

It has been reported that Open Webmail reveals too much information during the authentication process. When a user enters a user name, Open Webmail returns information indicating the validity of the entered user name. This could allow remote users to gather a list of valid user names through an enumeration attack.

Exploit / POC

Open WebMail User Name Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability may be exploited with a web browser.

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