SuSE 11 Security Update : OpenLDAP2 (SAT Patch Number 1290)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41420

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of openldap2 makes SSL certificate verification more robust against uses of the special character \0 in the subjects name.
(CVE-2009-2408)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1290.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537143

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2408.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41420

File Name: suse_11_libldap-2_4-2-090915.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libldap-2_4-2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libldap-2_4-2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openldap2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openldap2-back-meta, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:openldap2-client, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2408

CWE: 310