Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : phpLDAPadmin vulnerability (USN-4620-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142498

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4620-1 advisory.

It was discovered that phpLDAPadmin didn't properly sanitize before being echoed to the user. A remote attacker could inject arbitrary HTML/Javascript code in a user's context and cause a crash, resulting in denial of service or potential execution of arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected phpldapadmin package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142498

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4620-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:phpldapadmin

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11107

USN: 4620-1

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