GHSA-p9mp-vq4v-v5m5: Ezsystems/ezpublish legacy EZ Publish Legacy Passwordless Login Vulnerability
HIGHGHSA-p9mp-vq4v-v5m5 is a HIGH ez publish legacy passwordless login vulnerability (CWE-285: Improper Authorization) affecting Ezsystems/ezpublish legacy libraries in the Packagist ecosystem. The issue involves ez publish legacy passwordless login for ldap users. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 2018.9.1.1, 2018.6.1.2, 2017.12.4.1, 5.4.12.1, 5.3.12.4.
GHSA-p9mp-vq4v-v5m5 at a Glance
How to Fix GHSA-p9mp-vq4v-v5m5
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Ezsystems/ezpublish legacy dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy to 2018.9.1.1
Upgrade ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy to 2018.6.1.2
Upgrade ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy to 2017.12.4.1
Upgrade ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy to 5.4.12.1
Upgrade ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy to 5.3.12.4
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by GHSA-p9mp-vq4v-v5m5, inspect your project dependencies for Ezsystems/ezpublish legacy:
inspect dependencies for ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Ezsystems/ezpublish legacy in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 2018.9.1.1), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-285: Improper Authorization, where the product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. In Ezsystems/ezpublish legacy, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
GHSA-p9mp-vq4v-v5m5 Affected Ezsystems/ezpublish legacy Versions
5 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy
|
Packagist |
≥ 2018.9.0
< 2018.9.1.1
|
2018.9.1.1
|
|
ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy
|
Packagist |
≥ 2018.6.0
< 2018.6.1.2
|
2018.6.1.2
|
|
ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy
|
Packagist |
≥ 2011.0.0
< 2017.12.4.1
|
2017.12.4.1
|
|
ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy
|
Packagist |
≥ 5.4.0
< 5.4.12.1
|
5.4.12.1
|
|
ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy
|
Packagist |
≥ 5.3.0
< 5.3.12.4
|
5.3.12.4
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"modified" : "2024-05-15T21:30:03Z",
"published" : "2024-05-15T21:30:03Z",
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"summary" : "eZ Publish Legacy Passwordless login for LDAP users",
"details" : "This security advisory fixes a vulnerability in eZ Publish Legacy, and we recommend that you install it as soon as possible if you are using Legacy.\n\nInstallations that are using the legacy LDAP login handler or the TextFile login handler in combination with the standard legacy login handler, may in rare cases be vulnerable to a failure of the standard login handler to verify passwords correctly, allowing unauthorised access.\n\nIf your installation has never used the LDAP or TextFile login handlers, or never used legacy login at all, then it is not affected. Still, we recommend installing the update, to be on the safe side.\n\nTo install, use Composer to update to one of the \"Resolving versions\" mentioned above, or apply this patch manually:\nhttps://github.com/ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy/commit/13f03a2be6c0ee4d0caaafaef05904ea9b0c4d9d\n\n",
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