Debian DSA-3356-1 : openldap - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85912

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Denis Andzakovic discovered that OpenLDAP, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, does not properly handle BER data. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this flaw to cause a denial of service (slapd daemon crash) via a specially crafted packet.

Solution

Upgrade the openldap packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.31-2+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/openldap

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3356

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798622

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/openldap

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85912

File Name: debian_DSA-3356.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/14/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openldap, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6908

DSA: 3356