USN-4620-1: phpLDAPadmin vulnerability
Publication date
5 November 2020
Overview
phpLDAPadmin could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- 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.
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
After a standard system update you need to restart phpLDAPadmin to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | phpldapadmin – 1.2.2-6ubuntu1.1 | ||
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