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eLDAPo cleartext passwords

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for eLDAPo

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is hosting eLDAPo, a PHP-based CGI
suite designed to perform LDAP queries.

This application stores the passwords to the LDAP server
in clear text in its source file. A possible hacker could read
the source code of index.php and may use the information
contained to gain credentials on a third party server.

Solution : Upgrade to eLDAPo 1.18 or newer
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 7535

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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