15886 : Meeting Room Booking System Cookie Password Disclosure
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6 months ago

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Disclosure
Apr 22, 2005

Discovery
Mar 29, 2005

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 Meeting Room Booking System contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized password exposure. It is possible to gain access to plain text passwords stored is session cookies, which are not deleted when the user logs out. This may lead to a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

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

Solution

 Upgrade to version 1.2.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds. With the upgrade, session_cookie.inc now deletes the cookie when the user logs out, and the user password is no longer stored in a cookie.

Products
MRBS
Watch-list
Meeting Room Booking System
Watch-list
 1.2.1
1.2.2

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  • John Beranek - jberanekBrand New Doo Doousers.sourceforge.net -

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