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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-193

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-193
Posted Sep 14, 2008
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - Gavin McCullagh of Griffith College Dublin reported an issue in Kolab v1 where user passwords were being recorded in the Apache log files due to Kolab using HTTP GET requests rather than HTTP POST requests. This would allow any users with access to the Apache log files to harvest user passwords and possibly other sensitive data. The patch to fix this problem also corrects and issue where non-alphanumeric characters in passwords, set via the Kolab web interface, did not work. The updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-193

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:193
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : kolab-server
Date : September 13, 2008
Affected: Corporate 3.0
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Problem Description:

Gavin McCullagh of Griffith College Dublin reported an issue in Kolab
v1 where user passwords were being recorded in the Apache log files
due to Kolab using HTTP GET requests rather than HTTP POST requests.
This would allow any users with access to the Apache log files to
harvest user passwords and possibly other sensitive data.

The patch to fix this problem also corrects and issue where
non-alphanumeric characters in passwords, set via the Kolab web
interface, did not work.

The updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.
Many thanks to Gavin McCullagh for his help in writing the patch and
testing the fix.

As well, to scrub existing log files to remove existing stored
passwords, the following sed command can be used:

sed -i
's/\(&password_0=\).*\(&password_1=\).*\(&mail_0\)/\1xxxxxxxx\2xxxxxxxx\3/'
/var/log/httpd/ssl_access_log*
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References:

https://qa.mandriva.com/43434
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Updated Packages:

Corporate 3.0:
2dfff9159290939281e28939609ab5be corporate/3.0/i586/kolab-server-1.0-0.24.C30mdk.i586.rpm
5b687608b714691e169ab7e51cf6cc40 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/kolab-server-1.0-0.24.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
fe1b25ea5465eaeb950f2e88878679af corporate/3.0/x86_64/kolab-server-1.0-0.24.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
5b687608b714691e169ab7e51cf6cc40 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/kolab-server-1.0-0.24.C30mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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