cve-2011-4091
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-02-10 17:00
Modified
2024-08-06 23:53
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
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