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e4ums NewsBoard Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA9646  
Release Date: 2003-09-01

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:e4ums NewsBoard 2.x

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
Two security issues have been reported in e4ums NewsBoard, which may allow malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information.

The e4ums NewsBoard database file "data.mdb" is by default accessible by anyone. This may disclose various information including the administrative username and password.

Furthermore, it is possible to identify valid users accounts, since different error messages are returned depending on whether a person tries to login with an invalid username or a valid username but invalid password.

The issues have been reported in version 2.6.1. However, other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Place the database in a separate directory, restrict access to it and use strong passwords.
Use another product.

Provided and/or discovered by:
CyberTalon



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