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TITLE:
Interspire ActiveKB Admin Interface Cookie Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30265

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30265/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Interspire ActiveKB 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/18690/

DESCRIPTION:
t0pP8uZz has reported a security issue in Interspire ActiveKB, which
can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The problem is that the application allows access to the admin
interface by checking if a certain cookie exists. This can be
exploited to gain administrative access to the application via an
"auth" cookie with the value set to "true".

The security issue is reported in version 1.5. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends upgrading to version 2.0 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
t0pP8uZz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5616

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