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ldap-account-manager — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52792

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.

Products
ldap-account-manager
Affected versions
8.3-1, 8.5-1, 8.6-1, 8.7-1, 9.0-1, 9.5.1-1, 9.6-1, 9.7-1
Fixed versions
9.0-1
CVEs
CVE-2024-52792
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52792

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Dec 2024, 22:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52792

ldap-account-manager

Fixed versions: Not specified

ldap-account-manager

Fixed versions: 9.0-1

ldap-account-manager

Fixed versions: 9.0-1

Complete source record
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