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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : OpenLDAP vulnerability (USN-5424-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 161386

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5424-2 advisory.

 USN-5424-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenLDAP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

 Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain SQL statements

 within LDAP queries in the experimental back-sql backend. A remote attacker

 could possibly use this issue to perform an SQL injection attack and alter

 the database.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5424-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 161386

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5424-2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29155

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slapd-smbk5pwd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ldap-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libldap2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libldap-2.4-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slapd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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: 5/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29155

USN: 5424-2