Debian: DSA-2096-1: New zope-ldapuserfolder packages fix authentication
Debian: DSA-2096-1: New zope-ldapuserfolder packages fix authentication
Jeremy James discovered that in zope-ldapuserfolder, a Zope extension used to authenticate against an LDAP server, the authentication code does not verify the password provided for the emergency user. Malicious users that manage to get the emergency user login can use this flaw to
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-2096-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 24, 2010 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : zope-ldapuserfolder Vulnerability : missing input validation Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CVE-2010-2944 Debian Bug : 593466 Jeremy James discovered that in zope-ldapuserfolder, a Zope extension used to authenticate against an LDAP server, the authentication code does not verify the password provided for the emergency user. Malicious users that manage to get the emergency user login can use this flaw to gain administrative access to the Zope instance, by providing an arbitrary password. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9-1+lenny1. The package no longer exists in the upcoming stable distribution (squeeze) or the unstable distribution. We recommend that you upgrade your zope-ldapuserfolder package. Upgrade instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny - -------------------------------- Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zope-ldapuserfolder/zope-ldapuserfolder_2.9.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 106677 c380401e4de43c4aa5aad8c7af104ac5 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zope-ldapuserfolder/zope-ldapuserfolder_2.9-1+lenny1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 1122 65bc92834fb17c525b9c5a43589a05e6 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zope-ldapuserfolder/zope-ldapuserfolder_2.9-1+lenny1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 2635 fdfc884244f970d77f3da18a638a135c Architecture independent packages: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zope-ldapuserfolder/zope-ldapuserfolder_2.9-1+lenny1_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 110686 44db774a6142e62e71ac0e0cb9e6fafa These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show' and https://packages.debian.org/