Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| LDAPAccountManager | lam | < 9.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | ldap-account-manager | 9.0-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | ldap-account-manager | 9.0-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | ldap-account-manager | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | ldap-account-manager | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | ldap-account-manager | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | ldap-account-manager | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | ldap-account-manager | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | ldap-account-manager | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | ldap-account-manager | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | ldap-account-manager | No fix yet | — |
References
- https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/security/advisories/GHSA-6cp9-j5r7-xhcc
- https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/security/advisories/GHSA-fm9w-7m7v-wxqv
- https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/blob/fd665fef3b222bf8205154b14f676815d2d6ae20/lam/templates/config/mainmanage.php#L263
- https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/releases/tag/9.0