CVE-2008-1396 Information

Description

Plone CMS 3.x uses invariant data (a client username and a server secret) when calculating an HMAC-SHA1 value for an authentication cookie which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain permanent access to an account by sniffing the network.

Reference

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754 http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41421