From dercorny@gentoo.org Fri Mar 17 12:41:51 2006 From: Stefan Cornelius To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org Cc: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:40:16 +0100 Subject: [Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200603-13 ] PEAR-Auth: Potential authentication bypass - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: PEAR-Auth: Potential authentication bypass Date: March 17, 2006 Bugs: #123832 ID: 200603-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== 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 ========== PEAR-Auth is a PEAR package that provides methods to create a PHP based authentication system. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-php/PEAR-Auth < 1.2.4 >= 1.2.4 Description =========== Matt Van Gundy discovered that PEAR-Auth did not correctly validate data passed to the DB and LDAP containers. Impact ====== A remote attacker could possibly exploit this vulnerability to bypass the authentication mechanism by injecting specially crafted input to the underlying storage containers. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All PEAR-Auth users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/PEAR-Auth-1.2.4" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0868 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0868 Availability ============ 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? ========= 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 ======= 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 [ Part 1.2, Application/PGP-SIGNATURE 198bytes. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ Part 2: "Attached Text" ] _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/