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Re: [Full-disclosure] [IVIZ-08-010] McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption Plain Text Password Disclosure (v4, Build 4750 and below)


From: "Kenneth Ng" <kenneth.d.ng () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:23:46 -0400

Does anyone know how to check the build version number on the agent?
Or is there a comparison with that build number and a x.y.z version
id?

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:44 AM, iViZ Security Advisories
<advisories () iviztechnosolutions com> wrote:
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[ iViZ Security Advisory 08-010                            17/09/2008 ]
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iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
                                            http://www.ivizsecurity.com
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* Title:     McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption
             Plain Text Password Disclosure
* Date:      17/09/2008
* Software:  McAfee SafeBoot Device Encryption v4, Build 4750 and below
--[ Synopsis:
    The password checking routine of SafeBoot Device Encryption fails to
    sanitize the BIOS keyboard buffer after reading passwords, resulting
    in plain text password leakage to unprivileged local users.
--[ Affected Software:
  * SafeBoot Device Encryption v4, Build 4750 and below
--[ Non Affected Software:
  * SafeBoot Device Encryption v4, Build 4760 and above
  * SafeBoot Device Encryption v5.x
--[ Technical description:
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