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Debian DSA-1517-1 : ldapscripts - programming error

low Nessus Plugin ID 31588

Synopsis

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

Description

Don Armstrong discovered that ldapscripts, a suite of tools to manipulate user accounts in LDAP, sends the password as a command line argument when calling LDAP programs, which may allow a local attacker to read this password from the process listing.

Solution

Upgrade the ldapscripts package.

The old stable distribution (sarge) does not contain an ldapscripts package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-2etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445582

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1517

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 31588

File Name: debian_DSA-1517.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ldapscripts

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5373

CWE: 310

DSA: 1517