Flyspray Administrator authentication bypass (2007-03-16)

Release Date
2007-03-16
Last Modified
2007-04-04 (added CVE references)
Author
Cristian Rodriguez </dd>
Application
Flyspray 0.9.9
Risk
High
Vendor Status
The Flyspray project has released an updated version
References
<http://www.flyspray.org/devel/security/fsa1>, [CVE-2007-1788](http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1788)
Discovered by
Stefan Esser </dd>
#### Details Flyspray authentication system can be bypassed by sending a carefully crafted post request. To be vulnerable, PHP configuration directive output_buffering has to be disabled or set to a low value. #### Proof of concept The Flyspray team will not release an example exploit to the public. #### Disclosure Timeline 1. 13, March 2007 - vulnerability discovered by Stefan Esser 2. 13, March 2007 - possible solution discussed privately 3. 13, March 2007 - Fix committed the SVN repository 4. 16, March 2007 - Public disclosure. #### Recommendation We strongly recommend to upgrade to the new version.