__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN ldap-account-manager-- multiple vulnerabilities [Debian Security Advisory DSA-1287-1] May 10, 2007 14:00 GMT Number R-236 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: An untrusted PATH vulnerability and an improper escaping of HTML content have been identified in the version of ldap-account-manager shipped with Debian 3.1 (sarge). PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable) DAMAGE: Could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with the elevated privileges by providing a malicious rm executable and specifying a PATH environment variable referencing this executable. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Could allow a local attacker to execute ASSESSMENT: arbitrary code with the elevated privileges by providing a malicious rm executable and specifying a PATH environment variable referencing this executable. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/r-236.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1287 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2006-7191 CVE-2007-1840 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-1287-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1287-1 ldap-account-manager -- multiple vulnerabilities Date Reported: 07 May 2007 Affected Packages: ldap-account-manager Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 415379. In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-7191, CVE-2007-1840. More information: 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 web site. 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. We recommend that you upgrade your ldap-account-manager package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldap-account-manager/ldap-account- manager_0.4.9-2sarge1.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldap-account-manager/ldap-account- manager_0.4.9-2sarge1.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldap-account-manager/ldap-account- manager_0.4.9.orig.tar.gz Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/ldap-account-manager/ldap-account- manager_0.4.9-2sarge1_all.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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