OracleVM 3.3 : openldap (OVMSA-2015-0123)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86216

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- CVE-2015-6908 openldap: ber_get_next denial of service vulnerability (#1263171)

- fix: nslcd segfaults due to incorrect mutex initialization (#1144294)

- fix: Updating openldap deletes database if slapd.conf is used (#1193519)

- fix: ppc64: slaptest segfault in openldap-2.4.40 (#1202696)

- fix: bring back accidentaly removed patch (#1147983)

- rebase to 2.4.40 (#1147983)

- fix: make /etc/openldap/check_password.conf readable by ldap (#1155390)

- revert previous patch (#1172296)

- fix: crash in ldap_domain2hostlist when processing SRV record (#1164369)

- support TLS 1.1 and later (#1160467)

- enhancement: add ppolicy-check-password (#1155390)

- fix: prevent freed memory reuse (#1172296)

- fix: provide a shim libldif.so (#1110382)

- fix: remove correct tmp file when generating server cert (#1102083)

- remove unapplied patches

- fix: TLS_REQCERT documentation in client manpage (#1027796)

- review %configure and remove nonexistent options

- add another missing patch forgotten during the rebase

- fix: enable dynamic linking - unresolved symbols in the smbk5pwd module

- add missing patches that were removed by mistake during the rebase

- rebase to 2.4.39 (#923680)

+ drop a lot of upstreamed patches, backport the rest

+ compile in mdb

+ remove automatic slapd.conf -> slapd-config conversion

- fix: segfault on certain queries with rwm overlay (#1003038)

- fix: deadlock during SSL_ForceHandshake (#996373)

+ revert nss-handshake-threadsafe.patch

Solution

Update the affected openldap / openldap-clients packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?06953aae

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86216

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0123.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 10/1/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:openldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:openldap-clients, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6908