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Fedora DS Administration Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for an information disclosure vulnerability in Fedora Directory Server Administration Server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server is affected by an information disclosure
vulnerability.

Description :

The remote host appears to be running Fedora Directory Server, a
directory server implementation for Fedora Core.

The Administration Server, which is used to manage Fedora DS, permits
an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the admin password hash
through a simple GET request.

See also :

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174837
http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/FDS10Announcement

Solution :

Upgrade to Fedora Directory Server 1.0.1 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2.3
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/I:N/A:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 16729

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