Fedora Security Update Fixes PhpLDAPadmin Local File Inclusion


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Fedora, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "cmd.php" script in PhpLDAPadmin when processing the "cmd" parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to include or disclose the contents of local files with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Fedora 11
     
Solution   Upgrade the affected package (phpldapadmin) : http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/
     
CVE  
     
References   https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01259.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
Misc : Local File Inclusion - suspicious /etc/passwd found in URL
3.5.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-12-27 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote