[29889] in bugtraq
RE: Nokia IPSO Vulnerability
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jorge Merlino)
Thu Apr 24 18:38:38 2003
From: "Jorge Merlino" <jmerlino@easynet.com.uy>
To: <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:49:28 -0300
Message-ID: <BDEDIPEHKGLOLCOFLHHOMEHFCHAA.jmerlino@easynet.com.uy>
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1) If a user enters the right password in the voyager login window she is
*authenticated to use the system* IMHO. Besides I don't think anyone
reasonable allows unrestricted access to the voyager web page from the
internet.
2) As I said before, that only works for a+r files, not every file on the
system.
Regards,
Jorge
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu]
Enviado el: Jueves, 24 de Abril de 2003 14:43
Para: Jorge Merlino
CC: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Asunto: Re: Nokia IPSO Vulnerability
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:32:50 -0300, Jorge Merlino <jmerlino@easynet.com.uy>
said:
> I don't think that is a vulnerability.
> The file /etc/master.passwd has read access for all users. Monitor can
also
> read it in a ssh session.
1) It being readable to all users *authorized to use the system* is
different
from it being readable to any bozo on the entire Internet.
2) /etc/master.password is used as a *Proof of Concept*. Feel free to
substitute any other file that might be more damaging to have. Hmm.. it
might be nice to snarf a copy of /etc/inetd.conf, see what's enabled.. or
maybe I want to grab a copy of.....
