Ike.ninja

• Project: Joomla!
• SubProject: CMS
• Severity: Moderate
• Versions: 2.5.24 and earlier 2.5.x versions, 3.2.4 and earlier 3.x versions, 3.3.0 through 3.3.3
• Exploit type: Unauthorised Logins
• Reported Date: 2014-September-09
• Fixed Date: 2014-September-23
• CVE Number: CVE-2014-6632

Description

Inadequate checking allowed unauthorised logins via LDAP authentication.

Affected Installs

Joomla! CMS versions 2.5.24 and earlier 2.5.x versions, 3.2.4 and earlier 3.x versions, 3.3.0 through 3.3.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.5.25, 3.2.5, or 3.3.4

Contact

The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.

(Feb 18) Garth Mollett discovered that a file descriptor overflow issue in the use of FD_SET() in nss-pam-ldapd, which provides NSS and PAM modules for using LDAP as a naming service, can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could, under some circumstances, use this flaw to [More…]