Re: Real Media Server stores passwords in plain text

From: Peter Roth (rothat_private)
Date: Thu Apr 15 1999 - 00:45:49 PDT

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    M. Marzoa Alonso wrote:
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Bugtraq List [mailto:	Behalf Of Francisco
    > M. Marzoa Alonso
    > Sent: Mittwoch, 14. April 1999 10:46
    > To: BUGTRAQat_private
    > Subject: Real Media Server stores passwords in plain text
    >
    >
    > My real media server information:
    >
    > fmmarzoa@alexander:/usr/local/rserver/Bin > rmserver -version
    > Creating Server Space...
    > Starting RealServer 6.0 Core...
    > RealServer (c) 1995-1998 RealNetworks, Inc. All rights reserved.
    > Version:        6.0.3.353
    > Platform: linux2
    >
    > The fact is that through installation process it ask for a
    > password that
    > itsn't hide neither when you write it, but worse is that this
    > password is
    > stored in the file /usr/local/rmserver/rmserver.cfg in plain
    > format and
    > this file have as default a 644 permision mask.
    >
    > Excuse if this security issue was adviced before and, by the
    > way, my poor
    > english too.
    >
    > --
    > Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso - SiRE
    > 3CLiNUX - http://club.idecnet.com/~fmmarzoa/
    >
    
    this also affects Version 6.0.3.303 of RealAudio Basic Server on Win NT,
    File Persmission is set to full access by everyone
    
    Greetings
    
    Peter
    



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