[SA18939] Fedora Directory Server Admin Server Password Disclosure

TITLE:
Fedora Directory Server Admin Server Password Disclosure

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18939

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18939/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Fedora Directory Server 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/8160/

DESCRIPTION:
Frank Reppin has reported a vulnerability in Fedora Directory Server,
which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of
sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to the Admin Server exposing the
password from adm.conf via an IFRAME.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.1.
http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Download

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Frank Reppin

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174837

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