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TITLE:
TowerBlog Exposure of Sensitive Information

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14884

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
TowerBlog 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/4898/

DESCRIPTION:
CorryL has reported a vulnerability in TowerBlog, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to user credentials being stored in
the file "_dat/login" inside the web root. This can be exploited to
disclose encrypted usernames and passwords.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.6 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the "login" file.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
CorryL

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