CVE-2024-52792 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-52792: Arbitrary config values override in lam

Vendor Ldapaccountmanager
Product lam
Weakness CWE-610
Published December 17, 2024
Last update December 18, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

LDAP Account Manager (LAM) is a php webfrontend for managing entries (e.g. users, groups, DHCP settings) stored in an LDAP directory. In affected versions LAM does not properly sanitize configuration values, that are set via `mainmanage.php` and `confmain.php`. This allows setting arbitrary config values and thus effectively bypassing `mitigation` of CVE-2024-23333/GHSA-fm9w-7m7v-wxqv. Configuration values for the main config or server profiles are set via `mainmanage.php` and `confmain.php`. The values are written to `config.cfg` or `serverprofile.conf` in the format of `settingsName: settingsValue` line-by-line. An attacker can smuggle arbitrary config values in a config file, by inserting a newline into certain config fields, followed by the value. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 9.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 17, 2024 CVE published
December 18, 2024 Record updated