Alpine: libldap, multiple openldap packages: security update to 2.4.42-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401028

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The ber_get_next function in libraries/liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.42 and earlier allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and application crash) via crafted BER data, as
demonstrated by an attack against slapd. (CVE-2015-6908)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 401028

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-6908

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6908

BID: 76714

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