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TITLE:
Samhain SRP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34104

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34104/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Samhain, which can be exploited
by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the
implementation of the SRP authentication protocol. This can be
exploited to bypass authentication on a Samhain server and e.g.
disclose potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability is reported in Samhain server in versions prior
2.5.4.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.5.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Thomas Ptacek.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://trac.la-samhna.de/samhain/ticket/150

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