[imp] Access to other users mailboxes

Charlie Reitsma reitsmac at denison.edu
Tue Apr 1 21:42:33 PST 2003


That "session.use_only_cookies" option in php.ini sounds promising for 
defeating bookmarks with embedded session IDs.

Quoting Eric Rostetter <eric.rostetter at physics.utexas.edu>:

> Quoting Myke Place <mp at xmission.com>:
> 
> > We've got a serious problem that I could really use some help with.
> > Apparently, some users are logging into our IMP installation and getting
> > the mailboxes of other users.
> >
> > I see in the logs that IMP is contacting the IMAP server and logging in,
> > but on the Inbox screen, another users mail is displayed. We are using
> > phpa with the follwing versions:
> 
> Either your sessions are getting reused, or your phpa is caching things
> wrong.  See http://cvs.horde.org/co.php/horde/docs/SECURITY for some
> light reading, paying attention to the stuff about sessions and entropy
> and the like.
> 
> --
> Eric Rostetter
> The Department of Physics
> The University of Texas at Austin
> 
> Why get even? Get odd!
> 
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Charlie Reitsma
Systems Engineer


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