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TITLE:
Openfire jabber:iq:auth "passwd_change" Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34976

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34976/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to the application not properly
verifying jabber:iq:auth "passwd_change" requests, which can be
exploited to change another user's password by sending a specially
crafted request to the server.

Successful exploitation requires a valid user account.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.6.4.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.6.4.
http://www.igniterealtime.org/downloads/index.jsp

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
erikhh

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1531

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