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CVE-2008-1396
Published: Mar 20, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Plone CMS 3.x uses invariant data (a client username and a server secret) when calculating an HMAC-SHA1 value for an authentication cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain permanent access to an account by sniffing the network.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
3754
third-party-advisory
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plone-hmacsha1-mitm(41421)
vdb-entry
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20080313 PR08-02: Plone CMS Security Research - the Art of Plowning
mailing-list
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http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
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