[ GLSA 200603-13 ] PEAR-Auth: Potential authentication bypass
From: Stefan Cornelius <dercorny@gentoo.org.>
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Subject: [ GLSA 200603-13 ] PEAR-Auth: Potential authentication bypass
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:40:16 +0100
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-13
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: PEAR-Auth: Potential authentication bypass
Date: March 17, 2006
Bugs: #123832
ID: 200603-13
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Synopsis
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PEAR-Auth did not correctly verify data passed to the DB and LDAP
containers, thus allowing to inject false credentials to bypass the
authentication.
Background
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PEAR-Auth is a PEAR package that provides methods to create a PHP based
authentication system.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-php/PEAR-Auth < 1.2.4 >= 1.2.4
Description
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Matt Van Gundy discovered that PEAR-Auth did not correctly validate
data passed to the DB and LDAP containers.
Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly exploit this vulnerability to bypass
the authentication mechanism by injecting specially crafted input to
the underlying storage containers.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All PEAR-Auth users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/PEAR-Auth-1.2.4"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-0868
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0868
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200603-13.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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