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GLSA-200709-10 : PhpWiki: Authentication bypass

critical Nessus Plugin ID 26100

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200709-10 (PhpWiki: Authentication bypass)

 The PhpWiki development team reported an authentication error within the file lib/WikiUser/LDAP.php when binding to an LDAP server with an empty password.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could provide an empty password when authenticating.
 Depending on the LDAP implementation used, this could bypass the PhpWiki authentication mechanism and grant the attacker access to the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PhpWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/phpwiki-1.3.14'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200709-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 26100

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200709-10.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 9/24/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:phpwiki, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3193

GLSA: 200709-10