OpenLDAP 2.0/2.0.19 slapd privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenLDAP 2.0/2.0.19. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component slapd. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0045. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenLDAP 2.0/2.0.19 (Directory Service Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component slapd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

slapd in OpenLDAP 2.0 through 2.0.19 allows local users, and anonymous users before 2.0.8, to conduct a "replace" action on access controls without any values, which causes OpenLDAP to delete non-mandatory attributes that would otherwise be protected by ACLs.

The bug was discovered 01/14/2002. The weakness was disclosed 04/09/2004 by Thomas Fritz (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at openldap.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0045. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13921 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openldap (MDKSA-2002:013)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7978), Tenable (13921), SecurityFocus (BID 3945†) and OSVDB (5395†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 13921
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openldap (MDKSA-2002:013)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/14/2002 🔍
01/14/2002 +0 days 🔍
01/22/2002 +8 days 🔍
01/31/2002 +9 days 🔍
02/11/2002 +11 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +787 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +0 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +113 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3632 days 🔍
04/30/2019 +1754 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openldap.org
Researcher: Thomas Fritz
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-0045 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0045
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17927
X-Force: 7978
SecurityFocus: 3945 - OpenLDAP Authenticated User Object Attribute Deletion Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5395 - OpenLDAP slapd Object Attribute Deletion

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:36
Updated: 04/30/2019 07:25
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:36 (68), 04/30/2019 07:25 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:7BE:103

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