25780 : Novell NetWare abend.log User Credentials Disclosure
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about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
90%

Disclosure
May 08, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Keywords

 TID2973698

Description

 Novell NetWare contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered when PORTAL.NLM function groupOperationsMethod() fails, which will write the username and password in cleartext to the abend.log file, resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, vendor has released a patch httpstk5.exe to address this vulnerability.

Products
Novell, Inc.
Watch-list
Novell NetWare
Watch-list
 6.5 SP5

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