Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in Ushahidi, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Ushahidi Predictable Forgotten Password Challenge Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA51310
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-11-30
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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Ushahidi, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to predictable generation of the
forgotten password challenges, which can be exploited to reset the
password of a valid user using a predicted challenge.
Successful exploitation requires knowledge of a user's last login
time.
The security issue is reported in versions prior to 2.6.1.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.1.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Timothy D. Morgan.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://ushahidi.com/index.php/security/alert/sa-web-2012-008
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