PT-2023-11826 · Unknown+2 · Net::Ldaps+3

Published 2023-01-27 · Updated 2025-03-28 · CVE-2020-36658

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache::Session::LDAP versions prior to 0.5

Description The issue arises from the default configuration of the Net::LDAPS module for Perl, which does not check the validity of the X.509 certificate when connecting to remote LDAP backends.

Recommendations For Apache::Session::LDAP versions prior to 0.5, consider configuring the Net::LDAPS module to check the validity of the X.509 certificate when connecting to remote LDAP backends as a mitigation measure.

Fix

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36658

DLA-3284-1

USN-6596-1

Affected Products

Apache::Session::Ldap

Linuxmint

Net::Ldaps

Ubuntu

References · 22

• https://github.com/LemonLDAPNG/Apache-Session-LDAP/commit/490722b71eed1ed1ab33d58c78578f23e043561f · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-3284-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3284-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36658 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-36658 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36658 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6596-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libapache-session-ldap-perl · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36658 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6596-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16093 · Security Note