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openSUSE Security Update : openldap2 (openSUSE-2017-936)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102555

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for openldap2 fixes the following issues :

 - Let OpenLDAP read system wide certificate directory by default and avoid hiding the error if user specified CA location cannot be read (boo#1009470).

 - Fix CVE-2017-9287: openldap2: Double free vulnerability with patch (boo#1041764)

 - Fix an uninitialized variable that causes startup failure (boo#1037396)

 - Fix a regression in handling of non-blocking connection with (boo#1031702)

Solution

Update the affected openldap2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1009470

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1031702

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1037396

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1041764

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102555

File Name: openSUSE-2017-936.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2017

Updated: 11/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-back-sock, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-ppolicy-check-password, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-ppolicy-check-password-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-back-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-back-perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libldap-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libldap-2_4-2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libldap-2_4-2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-back-sql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libldap-2_4-2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-contrib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libldap-2_4-2-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-devel-static, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-back-perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-back-meta, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-back-meta-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-back-sock-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9287