ldapscripts 1.4/1.7 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ldapscripts 1.4/1.7. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-5373. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ldapscripts 1.4/1.7 (Directory Service Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

ldapscripts 1.4 and 1.7 sends a password as a command line argument when calling some LDAP programs, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments, as demonstrated by a call to ldappasswd in the _changepassword function.

The bug was discovered 10/06/2007. The weakness was disclosed 10/11/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-5373 since 10/10/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31588 (Debian DSA-1517-1 : ldapscripts - programming error), 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 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37029), Tenable (31588), SecurityFocus (BID 25982†), OSVDB (41648†) and Secunia (SA27111†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 31588
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1517-1 : ldapscripts - programming error
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OpenVAS ID: 60569
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1517-1 (ldapscripts)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/06/2007 🔍
10/09/2007 +3 days 🔍
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10/10/2007 +1 days 🔍
10/11/2007 +1 days 🔍
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10/28/2007 +17 days 🔍
03/15/2008 +139 days 🔍
03/17/2008 +2 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2555 days 🔍
07/29/2019 +1596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5373 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5373
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39192

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X-Force: 37029
SecurityFocus: 25982 - ldapscripts Local Command Line Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 27111
OSVDB: 41648 - ldapscripts - Local Command Line Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 16665 - ldapscripts 1.4 and 1.7 Local Disclosure of Password, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/29/2019 09:51
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (75), 07/29/2019 09:51 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:D48:103

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