Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in Itaka, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Itaka "/screenshot" URL Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26146
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26146/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Itaka 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/14843/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Itaka, which can be exploited
by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and
disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to improper authentication
verification when handling URLs with the "/screenshot" path. This can
be exploited to retrieve screenshots without valid user credentials.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.2. Prior versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.2.1.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ISA #1:
http://www.jardinpresente.com.ar/trac/itaka/ticket/20
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