Vuln Title: The CollabNet Subversion Edge management frontend login page

password field has autocomplete enabled

Date: 28.06.2015

Author: otr

Software Link: https://www.open.collab.net/downloads/svnedge

Vendor: CollabNet

Version: 4.0.11

Tested on: Fedora Linux

Type: Lack of defensive measures

Risk: Low

Status: public/fixed

Fixed version: 5.0

https://ctf.open.collab.net/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.svnedge/wiki/Release_5.0.0

Timeline:

2014-10-09 Flaw Discovered
2014-10-20 Vendor contacted
2014-10-21 Vendor response
2014-12-08 Vendor fix proposal
2014-12-08 Extension of embargo to 19.4.2015
2015-05-04 Extension of embargo until release of version 5.0
2015-05-18 Release of version 5.0 and public disclosure

Summary:

The CollabNet Subversion Edge management frontend login page password field has
autocomplete enabled. This may allow an attacker to retrieve a stored password
from the browsers key store.

Fix proposal:

Set the autocomplete=off attribute for password fields. Provide an option in the
configuration file to configure this feature.

Vendor fix:

There is now a boolean flag in <data>/conf/security.properties which allow these
organizations to activate autocomplete="off".