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

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Message-ID: <1f198c30809261023i76f79c5aqb7a1f50871163bba@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:23:46 -0400
From: "Kenneth Ng" <kenneth.d.ng@...il.com>
To: "iViZ Security Advisories" <advisories@...ztechnosolutions.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: [IVIZ-08-010] McAfee SafeBoot Device
	Encryption Plain Text Password Disclosure (v4, Build 4750 and below)

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@...ztechnosolutions.com> wrote:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ iViZ Security Advisory 08-010                            17/09/2008 ]
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
>                                             http://www.ivizsecurity.com
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> * 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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