CVE-2010-0551 Information

Description

HTTP authentication implementation in Geo++ GNCASTER 1.4.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read authentication headers of other users via a large request with an incorrect authentication attempt which includes sensitive memory in the response. NOTE: this is referred to as a \memory leak\ by some sources but is better characterized as \memory disclosure.\

Reference

http://osvdb.org/62015 http://secunia.com/advisories/38323 http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2010-003/-geo-r-gncaster-faulty-implementation-of-http-digest-authentication http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509199/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55978