CVE-2005-0408
CriticalSummary
CitrusDB 0.3.6 and earlier generates easily predictable MD5 hashes of the user name for the id_hash cookie, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by calculating the MD5 checksum of the user name combined with the hard-coded string 'boogaadeeboo'.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can hijack any user's session without authorization, including administrators, leading to full compromise of the CitrusDB system.
Recommendation
Immediately upgrade CitrusDB to a version newer than 0.3.6 or apply a patch that removes the hard-coded secret and implements a secure session cookie generation mechanism.
Original NVD description (English source)
CitrusDB 0.3.6 and earlier generates easily predictable MD5 hashes of the user name for the id_hash cookie, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges by calculating the MD5 checksum of the user name combined with the "boogaadeeboo" string, which is hard-coded in the $hidden_hash variable.