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TITLE:
Bytemark Symbiosis Mailbox Password Check Security Bypass Security
Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA48993

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-05-14

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Bytemark Symbiosis, which can
be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to the application not verifying the
password when processing authentication requests and can be exploited
to gain unauthorised access to a user's mailbox.

Successful exploitation requires the knowledge of a valid email
account.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the Mercurial repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Bytemark Symbiosis:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q2/319
https://projects.bytemark.co.uk/projects/symbiosis/repository/revisions/1325/diff

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