'It's like they took a rug and covered it up': Flight booking web app used by scores of airlines still vuln to attack – claim

'It's like they took a rug and covered it up': Flight booking web app used by scores of airlines still vuln to attack – claim

5 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/15/amadeus_security_hole/

Exclusive A security hole in a widely used airline reservation system remains open to exploit, allowing miscreants to edit strangers' travel details online, The Register has learned. A fix to close the vulnerability was incomplete, and thus ineffective, it is claimed.

White hats at Safety Detective told us today the security flaw in Amadeus, the web-based reservation system used by nearly half of the world's airlines, was only superficially patched after the glaring hole was privately reported by the team.

'It's like they took a rug and covered it up': Flight booking web app used by scores of airlines still vuln to attack – claim

Jan 15, 2019, 11:24pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/15/amadeus_security_hole/ > Exclusive A security hole in a widely used airline reservation system remains open to exploit, allowing miscreants to edit strangers' travel details online, The Register has learned. A fix to close the vulnerability was incomplete, and thus ineffective, it is claimed. > White hats at Safety Detective told us today the security flaw in Amadeus, the web-based reservation system used by nearly half of the world's airlines, was only superficially patched after the glaring hole was privately reported by the team.