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Improper Authentication The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package net6  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-NET6-650366
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed10 Feb 2014
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Introduced: 10 Feb 2014

CVE-2011-4091  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream net6 package and not the net6 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.