Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cherokee (MDVSA-2015:225)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83249

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated cherokee packages fix security vulnerability :

The cherokee_validator_ldap_check function in validator_ldap.c in Cherokee 1.2.103 and earlier, when LDAP is used, does not properly consider unauthenticated-bind semantics, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password (CVE-2014-4668).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0181.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83249

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-225.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 5/5/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cget, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cherokee, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cherokee-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cherokee-base0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cherokee-client0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cherokee-server0, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server: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: 5/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4668

BID: 68249

MDVSA: 2015:225