Vigil@nce - Sphinx: information disclosure via missing authentication
November 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 16/09/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass access restrictions to data because of lack
of authentication in Sphinx, in order to obtain sensitive
information.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Sphinx-information-disclosure-via-missing-authentication-30334