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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : phpLDAPadmin vulnerability (USN-4620-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142498

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4620-1 advisory.

 - phpLDAPadmin through 1.2.3 has XSS in htdocs/entry_chooser.php via the form, element, rdn, or container parameter. (CVE-2017-11107)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected phpldapadmin package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4620-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142498

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4620-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2020

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:phpldapadmin

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11107

USN: 4620-1