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PhpGroupWare plaintext cookie authentication credentials vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for PhpGroupWare version

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host seems to be running PhpGroupWare.

PhpGroupWare is a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP.

This version is reported to contain a plaintext cookie authentication
credentials information disclosure vulnerability. If the web
administration of PHPGroupWare is not conducted over an encrypted link,
a possible hacker with the ability to sniff network traffic could easily
retrieve these passwords. This may aid the attacker in further system
compromise.

Solution : Update to version 0.9.16.002 or newer

See also: http://www.phpgroupware.org/

Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 10895

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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