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Subject: CA UniCenter Management Portal Username Enumeration Vulnerability
From: thomas adams <tgadams () bellsouth ! net>
Date: 2004-09-21 17:58:35
Message-ID: 20040921175835.14829.qmail () www ! securityfocus ! com
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CA UniCenter Management Portal Username Enumeration Vulnerability
Package: CA UniCenter Management Portal
Vendor Web Site: http://www.ca.com
Versions: UniCenter Management Portal 2.0 and 3.1
Platform: Windows
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Fix Available: Yes
Advisory Author: Thomas Adams (tgadams@bellsouth.net)
Background:
From www.ca.com: "Unicenter Management Portal provides intuitive access to enterprise \
management information,offering a personalized web interface for various Unicenter \
management solutions. Security and administrative control are provided through \
pre-defined workplaces. Filtered event notifications can be customized to suit \
individual roles and responsibilities, for personalized views tailored to your users' \
unique needs." The portal provides a forgot password link, that does not give a \
proper response for an invalid user. Using a script, an attacker can quickly find \
users that have access to the web interface using the technique below. This will help \
facilitate brute force attacks against the server.
Exploit:
Connect to the management portal(default 8080). Choose the 'Forgot your Password?' \
option. Enter a username, such as test. If the test account does not exists, the \
following will be displayed: "User not found: test" A legit account will produce a \
"Password has been sent" or "Email address not Found" message.
Vendor Response:
CAs recommendation was to disable the 'Forgot Password' feature. To isable this \
option in the Portal, add the following line to the \
[PORTAL_INSTALL]\properties\local.properties file.
show.passwords.in.api=false
You will need to restart the portal after manually editing the file.
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