Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4620-1
November 05, 2020
phpldapadmin vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
phpLDAPadmin could be made to crash if it received specially
crafted
input.
Software Description:
- phpldapadmin: A web-based LDAP client
Details:
It was discovered that phpLDAPadmin didn't properly sanitize
before being
echoed to the user. A remote attacker could inject arbitrary
HTML/Javascript
code in a user's context and cause a crash, resulting in denial of
service or
potential execution of arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
phpldapadmin 1.2.2-6ubuntu1.1
After a standard system update you need to restart phpLDAPadmin
to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4620-1
CVE-2017-11107
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phpldapadmin/1.2.2-6ubuntu1.1
Read more https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159932/USN-4620-1.txt

