full-disclosure - Slashdot: Gmail Accounts Vulnerable to XSS Exploit

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From: enune at fribble.net (Calum Power)
Subject: Slashdot: Gmail Accounts Vulnerable to XSS   
        Exploit

Indeed, but surely the cookie information stored should be dependant on
the user's authentication details? It makes sense to use semi-dynamic
cookie information like this, making holes like this one a little more
hard to 'gain and keep' access.


> there is a [x] box..
>
> "Don't ask for my password for 2 weeks."
>
> this sets the users cookie. Gmail uses the cookie for authentication.
>
>
>>XSS holes are not (as we all know) an immediate bypass for
>> any authentication.
> right
>
>>It can be used, with a bit of work, to steal
>> cookies/authentication data from unexpecting users, NOT as an immediate
>> break-into-accounts kiddie tool.
> right
>
>> However, the interesting thing I found about this article was this line:
>> "regardless of whether or not the password is subsequently changed"
>>
>> Does Gmail use some sort of static security key?
>> Does anyone have any further details on the security implemented by
>> Google
>> in their new service?
> see above.
>
>
> m.wood
>>