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5.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Debian nss-ldap up to 0.6.7 (Directory Service Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component LDAP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
nss-ldapd before 0.6.8 uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/nss-ldapd.conf file, which allows local users to obtain a cleartext password for the LDAP server by reading the bindpw field.
The bug was discovered 03/20/2009. The weakness was shared 03/31/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at debian.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1073 since 03/24/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36067 (Debian DSA-1758-1 : nss-ldapd - insecure config file creation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 0.4.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49394) and Tenable (36067).
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 36067
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1758-1 : nss-ldapd - insecure config file creation
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OpenVAS ID: 63730
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1758-1 (nss-ldapd)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: nss-ldap 0.4.1
Timeline
03/20/2009 🔍03/23/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: debian.orgAdvisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-1073 (🔍)
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X-Force: 49394
Vulnerability Center: 21483 - nss-ldapd < 0.6.8 World-Readable Permissions for the /etc/nss-ldapd.conf File, Low
SecurityFocus: 34211 - PADL nss_ldap '/etc/nss_ldapd.conf' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 34523 - Debian update for nss-ldapd, Less Critical
OSVDB: 53198 - Padl - nss_ldap - '.etc.nss_ldapd.conf' Local Information Disclosure Issue
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 23:38Updated: 08/31/2019 18:43
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (79), 08/31/2019 18:43 (4)
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