# CVE-2019-14466: Deserialization in n/a

> Remote authenticated attackers can delete files or execute code via PHP object injection in the GOsa_Filter_Settings cookie.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 31 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14466, DLA-1905-1, GHSA-x55p-vmqf-hfxg, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14466

## What is CVE-2019-14466?

CVE-2019-14466 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Dec 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The GOsa_Filter_Settings cookie in GONICUS GOsa 2.7.5.2 is vulnerable to PHP objection injection, which allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform file deletions (in the context of the user account that runs the web server) via a crafted cookie value, because unserialize is used to restore filter settings from a cookie.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14466?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Gosa Project Gosa.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-14466?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2019-14466 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-14466 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-14466 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Dec 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14466/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14466/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14466
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14466
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14466

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