Description
The libobby server in inc/server.hpp in libnet6 (aka net6) before 1.3.14 does not perform authentication before checking the user name, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as server-usage patterns by a particular user and color preferences.
References
- http://git.0x539.de/?p=net6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=84afca022f063f89bfcd4bb32b1ee911f555abf1%3Bhp=ac61d7fb42a1f977fb527e024bede319c4a9e169
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0008 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0040 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727708
- [oss-security] 20111031 Re: CVE request: 3 flaws in libobby and libnet6 mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750632