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Alpine: libldap, multiple openldap packages: security update to 2.4.46-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 424283

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.45 and earlier creates a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account,
 which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account
 for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command, as demonstrated
 by openldap-initscript. (CVE-2017-14159)

 - contrib/slapd-modules/nops/nops.c in OpenLDAP through 2.4.45, when both the nops module and the memberof
 overlay are enabled, attempts to free a buffer that was allocated on the stack, which allows remote
 attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via a member MODDN operation. (CVE-2017-17740)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-14159

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-17740

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424283

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 5/30/2025

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: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17740

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14159, CVE-2017-17740

BID: 100879, 102236