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Improper Authentication

CVE-2007-6430

Severity Medium
Score 4.3/10

Summary

Asterisk Open Source 1.2.x before 1.2.26 and 1.4.x before 1.4.16, and Business Edition B.x.x before B.2.3.6 and C.x.x before C.1.0-beta8, when using database-based registrations ("realtime") and host-based authentication, does not check the IP address when the username is correct and there is no password, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication using a valid username.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published