Re: Real Media Server stores passwords in plain text

From: Adam Laurie (adamat_private)
Date: Fri Apr 16 1999 - 02:51:18 PDT

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    > 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.
    
    It gets worse... the G2 web admin facility uses forms to change/set
    passwords etc. (Some of) these changes are logged, in plaintext, in the
    world readable access logs for your lusers' reading pleasure...
    
    Here's a snippit:
    
      10.1.1.1 - - [14/Mar/1999:11:23:32 +0000]  "GET
    admin/auth.adduser.html?respage%3Dadduser_respage.ht
    ml%26name%3Devilhaxor%26pass%3Dfreekevin%26realm%3DbadwURLd HTTP/1.0"
    200 2452 [UNKNOWN] [UNKNOWN] [UNKNOWN] 0 0 0 0 0 114
    
    I reported this to Real, but have had the expected resonse...
    
    cheers,
    Adam
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