Debian DSA-1287-1 : ldap-account-manager - multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 25176

Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities have been identified in the version of ldap-account-manager shipped with Debian 3.1 (sarge).

- CVE-2006-7191 An untrusted PATH vulnerability could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by providing a malicious rm executable and specifying a PATH environment variable referencing this executable.

- CVE-2007-1840 Improper escaping of HTML content could allow an attacker to execute a cross-site scripting attack (XSS) and execute arbitrary code in the victim's browser in the security context of the affected website.

Solution

Upgrade the ldap-account-manager package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.9-2sarge1. Newer versions of Debian (etch, lenny, and sid), are not affected.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25176

File Name: debian_DSA-1287.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/10/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7191, CVE-2007-1840

DSA: 1287

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