Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title New libapache-auth-ldap packages fix arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name DSA-952 First vendor Publication 2006-01-23
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2006-01-23
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

"Seregorn" discovered a format string vulnerability in the logging function of libapache-auth-ldap, an LDAP authentication module for the Apache webserver, that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.0-3.1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.0-8.1

The unstable distribution (sid) does no longer contain libapache-auth-ldap.

We recommend that you upgrade your libapache-auth-ldap package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-952

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-134 Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 13

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for authldap
File : nvt/sles9p5018991.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 952-1 (libapache-auth-ldap)
File : nvt/deb_952_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
22301 auth_ldap for Apache HTTP Server auth_ldap_log_reason() Function Remote Forma...

The auth_ldap module for Apache is susceptible to a remote format-string vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in the format-specifier of a formatted printing function. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Apache HTTP server auth_ldap logging function format string vulnerability
RuleID : 13308 - Revision : 12 - Type : SERVER-APACHE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-952.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0179.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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