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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2000.093 -- CIAC Bulletin K-038 Security Holes in FileMaker 5 Web Companion 12 May 2000 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: FileMaker 5 Web Companion Vendor: Claris Operating System: MS Windows Macintosh Platform: N/A Impact: Access Privileged Data Access Required: Remote - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- __________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_ / \___ __|__ / \___ __________________________________________________________ Security Holes in FileMaker 5 Web Companion May 11, 2000 14:00 GMT Number K-038 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: The field restriction "Don't show" may fail to prevent the exposure of the contents of data fields. PLATFORM: Only those platforms used to publish Filemaker 5 databases via the Web Companion. DAMAGE: Users may be able to gain unauthorized access to fields containing sensitive information. SOLUTION: Update Filemaker Pro 5 Web Companion as directed by the advisory. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY Risk is MEDIUM. There has been discussion in public forums on ASSESSMENT: how to exploit the vulnerability. ______________________________________________________________________________ http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-038.shtml ______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of FileMaker, Inc. for the information contained in this bulletin. ______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. 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