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Debian DSA-1965-1 : phpldapadmin - missing input sanitising

high Nessus Plugin ID 44830

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that phpLDAPadmin, a web-based interface for administering LDAP servers, doesn't sanitize an internal variable, which allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files.

The oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the phpldapadmin package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0.5-6+lenny1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=561975

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1965

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44830

File Name: debian_DSA-1965.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:phpldapadmin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4427

CWE: 22

DSA: 1965