Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : OpenLDAP vulnerability (USN-4352-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136401

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain queries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4352-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136401

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4352-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/7/2020

Updated: 10/21/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2020-12243

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slapd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slapd-contrib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slapd-smbk5pwd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slapi-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ldap-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libldap-2.4-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libldap-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libldap2-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12243

IAVB: 2020-B-0028-S

USN: 4352-1