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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-13.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-13.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7acf469d --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-13.xml @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200507-13"> + <title>pam_ldap and nss_ldap: Plain text authentication leak</title> + <synopsis> + pam_ldap and nss_ldap fail to restart TLS when following a referral, + possibly leading to credentials being sent in plain text. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">pam_ldap nss_ldap</product> + <announced>July 14, 2005</announced> + <revised>July 14, 2005: 01</revised> + <bug>96767</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-auth/nss_ldap" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">239-r1</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">226-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">239-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="sys-auth/pam_ldap" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">178-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">178-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + pam_ldap is a Pluggable Authentication Module which allows + authentication against an LDAP directory. nss_ldap is a Name Service + Switch module which allows 'passwd', 'group' and 'host' database + information to be pulled from LDAP. TLS is Transport Layer Security, a + protocol that allows encryption of network communications. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Rob Holland of the Gentoo Security Audit Team discovered that + pam_ldap and nss_ldap fail to use TLS for referred connections if they + are referred to a master after connecting to a slave, regardless of the + "ssl start_tls" ldap.conf setting. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker could sniff passwords or other sensitive information + as the communication is not encrypted. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + pam_ldap and nss_ldap can be set to force the use of SSL instead + of TLS. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All pam_ldap users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-auth/pam_ldap-178-r1"</code> + <p> + All nss_ldap users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose sys-auth/nss_ldap</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2069">CAN-2005-2069</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 04 Jul 2005 08:55:26 +0000"> + tigger + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:18:57 +0000"> + tigger + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:08:58 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |