Re: netscreen flaw?

[Bryan Burns <bburns () netscreen com>]

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This issue has been resolved in ScreenOS 5.0, which was released last 
month.

In ScreenOS 4.0, if you are concerned with a malicious user using your 
browser session to access the NetScreen web UI, you should quit the 
browser application manually when you step away from your computer or 
when you have finished using the web UI.

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Bryan Burns
Manager, Security Operations
NetScreen Technologies, Inc.
bburns () netscreen com

On Dec 4, 2003, at 10:15 PM, tito wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have 5 NS500 boxes here with these details:
>
>  Hardware Version: 4110(0)
>   Software Version:
>  4.0.3r4.0 (Firewall+VPN)
>
> using netscreen's web UI on management,
> with the Idle timeout set to 15 minutes or if I
> want to logout, Internet Explorer would prompt me
>
> "The Web page you are viewing is trying to close the window.
> Do you want to close this window?"
>
> http://192.168.20.250/close.html*0
>
> If I choose no, and go back to the navigator bar to re-enter the
> Netscreen management IP address
>
> http://192.168.20.250
>
> will lead you directly to the home page
>
> http://192.168.20.252/top.html*6,1,1
>
> I don't have to enter any login credentials
> to be able to to peak or tweak the firewall...
>
> this shouldn't be the case (even if you tell me
> to logout then close the window at all times,
> even if I disable cookies)(can't browse the web UI
> with my Internet Explorer security settings set to high.)
>
> as the idle timeout must always require me to re-enter
> my username/password after n minutes of inactivity.
>
> what do you think?
>
> thanks,
>
> tito basa
> makati, philippines
>
>
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