Alpine: libldap, multiple openldap packages: security update to 2.4.40-r2 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401167

Description

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

- The deref_parseCtrl function in servers/slapd/overlays/deref.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.13 through 2.4.40 allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an empty attribute
list in a deref control in a search request. (CVE-2015-1545)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401167

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: 23.18

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-2015-1545

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: 3/10/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1545

BID: 72519

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