17121 : YaPiG USE_COOKIES Option Cleartext Authentication Credential Storage
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
1	145	over 4 years ago	over 2 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-05-29	2005-06-04	2005-06-04

Time to Exploit
6 days

Description

YaPiG contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered when USE_COOKIES=true is set, which will store authentication information in plain text on the client computer resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Authentication Management, Cryptographic, Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

NaTaSaB	YaPiG	0.92.2
		0.93
		0.94

References

Security Tracker: 1014103
Secunia Advisory ID: 15600
Related OSVDB ID: 17115 17116 17117 17118 17119 17120
Other Advisory URL: http://secwatch.org/advisories/secwatch/20050530_yapig.txt
Vendor URL: http://yapig.sourceforge.net/

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