CVE-2006-6258 Information

Description

The phpmyadmin subsystem in AlternC 0.9.5 and earlier transmits the SQL password in cleartext in a cookie which might allow remote attackers to obtain the password by sniffing or by conducting a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/23144 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1965 http://www.ground418.org/exploits/read.php?file=06-alternC-095.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452988/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21355 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4851 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30625