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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : OpenLDAP vulnerabilities (USN-7713-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 258033

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7713-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled X.509 DN parsing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36229, CVE-2020-36230)

 Pasi Saarinen discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain short timestamps. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2021-27212)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-7713-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 258033

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7713-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/27/2025

Updated: 8/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2021-27212

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, 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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36229, CVE-2020-36230, CVE-2021-27212

USN: 7713-1