Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libuser (MDVSA-2011:019)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51810

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libuser :

libuser before 0.57 uses a cleartext password value of (1) !! or (2) x for new LDAP user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by specifying one of these values (CVE-2011-0002).

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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51810

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-019.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 1/28/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64user-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64user1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libuser, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libuser-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libuser-ldap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libuser-python, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libuser1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0002

BID: 45791

MDVSA: 2011:019

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