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Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVE-2019-20047

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista 4760 devices, and 8770 devices before 4.1.2. An incorrect web server configuration allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to retrieve the content of its own session files. Every session file contains the administrative LDAP credentials encoded in a reversible format. Sessions are stored in /sessions/sess_<sessionid>.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published