(PT-2012-20) Positive Technologies Security Advisory
Authorization Mechanism Bypassing in NetIQ eDirectory

Vulnerable software

NetIQ eDirectory
Version: 8.8.6.6 and earlier; 8.8.7.1 and earlier

Application link:
https://www.netiq.com/products/edirectory/

Severity level

Severity level: Medium
Impact: Protection Mechanism Bypassing
Access Vector: Remote  

CVSS v2:
Base Score: 6.4
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVE: CVE-2012-0430

 

Vulnerability description

The specialists of Positive Research, the Positive Technologies company research center, found a Authorization Mechanism Bypassing vulnerability in eDirectory.

Cookie generation mechanism is not secure enough. An attacker may obtain administrator cookie via a specially crafted program.

How to fix

Update your software up to the latest version

Advisory status

06.07.2012 - Vendor is notified
06.07.2012 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
18.12.2012 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
01.02.2013 - Public disclosure

Credits

The vulnerabilities has discovered by Dmitry Serebryannikov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)

References

http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-20
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7011538

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:

http://ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/

About Positive Technologies

Positive Technologies www.ptsecurity.com is among the key players in the IT security market in Russia.

The principal activities of the company include the development of integrated tools for information security monitoring (MaxPatrol); providing IT security consulting services and technical support; development of the Securitylab leading Russian information security portal.

Among the clients of Positive Technologies, there are more than 40 state enterprises, more than 50 banks and financial organizations, 20 telecommunication companies, more than 40 plant facilities, as well as IT, service and retail companies from Russia, the CIS countries, the Baltic States, China, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, and the USA.

Positive Technologies is a team of highly skilled developers, advisers and experts with years of vast hands-on experience. The company specialists possess professional titles and certificates; they are the members of various international societies and are actively involved in the IT security field development.