# CVE-2024-52792: Arbitrary config values override in lam

> Attackers can inject arbitrary configuration values via newline smuggling in LDAP Account Manager, bypassing previous security mitigations.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52792, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52792

## What is CVE-2024-52792?

CVE-2024-52792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in LDAPAccountManager lam, published on 17 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-610 (Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52792?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-52792?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-52792 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-52792 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52792 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in LDAPAccountManager lam, published on 17 Dec 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-52792 exists.

Affected product: LDAPAccountManager lam. 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-2024-52792/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52792/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52792
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52792
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52792

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52792/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.