-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- __________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Security Holes in FileMaker 5 Web Companion May 11, 2000 14:00 GMT Number K-038 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: The field restriction "Don't show" may fail to prevent the exposure of the contents of data fields. PLATFORM: Only those platforms used to publish Filemaker 5 databases via the Web Companion. DAMAGE: Users may be able to gain unauthorized access to fields containing sensitive information. SOLUTION: Update Filemaker Pro 5 Web Companion as directed by the advisory. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY Risk is MEDIUM. There has been discussion in public forums on ASSESSMENT: how to exploit the vulnerability. ______________________________________________________________________________ The advisory below was captured on May 10, 2000 at the URL http://www.claris.com/support/updaters.html [ Start FileMaker, Inc. Advisory ] FileMaker Web Companion Update 5.0v4 May 9, 2000 FileMaker Web Companion Update 5.0v4 WorldWide English. Now available for download, FileMaker Pro 5 Web Companion 5.0v4 for FileMaker Pro 5, FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited, and FileMaker Developer 5. The fix will be downloadable from www.filemaker.com/webcompanion. The security issue is of concern only to FileMaker users publishing FileMaker 5 databases via the Web Companion. We advise customers who are using the FileMaker Pro 5 Web Companion to publish FileMaker Pro 5 databases over the Web to install this update as soon as possible. The fix addresses a Field-Level Security issue when using the Web Security Database: Some technologies in the Web Companion may inappropriately expose field contents which the user thinks are protected by Field-Level Security. This version supercedes 5.0v1, 5.0v2, 5.0v3 of the Web Companion. Included with this update are: 1) Read Me 2) Web Companion 5.0v4 Select the platform version you wish to download: Mac | Windows [ End FileMaker, Inc. Advisory ] ______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of FileMaker, Inc. for the information contained in this bulletin. ______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 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LAST 10 CIAC BULLETINS ISSUED (Previous bulletins available from CIAC) K-029: Microsoft "Registry Permissions" Vulnerability K-030: SGI - Vulnerability in the objectserver daemon K-031: Mobile Malicious Code K-032: DDoS Mediation Action List K-033: Microsoft "Myriad Escaped Characters" Vulnerability K-034: Cisco Catalyst Enable Password Bypass Vulnerability K-035: Backdoor Password in Red Hat Linux Virtual Server Package K-036: Continuing Compromises of DNS Servers K-037: "mstream" Distributed Denial of Service Tool K-039: VBS.LoveLetter.A Worm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 4.0 Business Edition iQCVAwUBORsM0LnzJzdsy3QZAQGNIQP9HXVtACna4IPm2ngUwD+VqrEGZsMFNim1 mL98WwMCEVXU7rfI/GJjinHTvM8pwO3K2TdWy/SJ//BNE7sO4WgVNE5VIX1iY9Yf 0sBevD779JqW0zB+oni4hRuTEQVBlqZlfvqx9YwHWtZ6HFUZ0fyM3GdSiC0ovdop u8/5yG0/OAs= =gzEu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----