Debian DSA-785-1 : libpam-ldap - authentication bypass

high Nessus Plugin ID 19528

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It has been discovered that libpam-ldap, the Pluggable Authentication Module allowing LDAP interfaces, ignores the result of an attempt to authenticate against an LDAP server that does not set an optional data field.

Solution

Upgrade the libpam-ldap package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 178-1sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-785

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19528

File Name: debian_DSA-785.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/30/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-ldap

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2069, CVE-2005-2641

CERT: 778916

DSA: 785