Alpine: libldap, multiple openldap packages: security update to 2.4.57-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400266

Description

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

- In OpenLDAP through 2.4.57 and 2.5.x through 2.5.1alpha, an assertion failure in slapd can occur in the
issuerAndThisUpdateCheck function via a crafted packet, resulting in a denial of service (daemon exit) via
a short timestamp. This is related to schema_init.c and checkTime. (CVE-2021-27212)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400266

Version: Revision 1.23

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: 3

Percentile: 23.19

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-2021-27212

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27212

Detections

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