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GLSA-200606-17 : OpenLDAP: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21710

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-17 (OpenLDAP: Buffer overflow)

 slurpd contains a buffer overflow when reading very long hostnames from the status file.
 Impact :

 By injecting an overly long hostname in the status file, an attacker could possibly cause the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running slurpd.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All openLDAP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-nds/openldap-2.3.22'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21710

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200606-17.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openldap, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2754

GLSA: 200606-17