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Ecartis Username Spoofing

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of lsg2.cgi

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running the Ecartis Mailing List Manager
web interface (lsg2.cgi).

There is a vulnerability in versions older than 1.0.0 snapshot 20030227
which permits a possible hacker to spoof a username while changing passwords,
thus gaining the control of the mailing list.

*** Nessus solely relied on the version number of this CGI,
*** so this might be a false positive.

Solution : Upgrade to version 1.0.0 snapshot 20030227
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 6971

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

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