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Debian DSA-068-1 : openldap - remote DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14905

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The CERT advisory lists a number of vulnerabilities in various LDAP implementations, based on the results of the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite. These tests found one problem in OpenLDAP, a free LDAP implementation which is shipped as part of Debian GNU/Linux 2.2.

The problem is that slapd did not handle packets which had BER fields of invalid length and would crash if it received them. An attacker could use this to mount a remote denial of service attack.

Solution

This problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12-1, and we recommend that you upgrade your slapd package immediately.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-068

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14905

File Name: debian_DSA-068.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openldap, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0977

BID: 3049

DSA: 068