CentOS Linux 8 [TuxCare] Security Update: openldap / openldap-clients / openldap-devel / openldap-servers Multiple Vulnerabilities (CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2024:1722003515)

high Nessus Plugin ID 367373

Synopsis

The CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2024:1722003515 advisory.

- In OpenLDAP through 2.4.57 and 2.5.x through 2.5.1alpha, an assertion failure in slapd can occur in the issuerAndThisUpdateCheck function via a crafted packet, resulting in a denial of service (daemon exit) via a short timestamp. This is related to schema_init.c and checkTime. (CVE-2021-27212)

- A vulnerability was found in openldap. This security flaw causes a null pointer dereference in ber_memalloc_x() function. (CVE-2023-2953)

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 based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2024:1722003515.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2024:1722003515

http://www.nessus.org/u?542ce177

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 367373

File Name: tuxcare_centos_8_CLSA-2024-1722003515.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2026

Updated: 10/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.19

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2953

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27212, CVE-2023-2953

CLSA: 2024:1722003515