CVE-2008-1396

Advisory

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.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

This vulnerability has no description

Resources

• http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41421
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1396