openSUSE 10 Security Update : openldap2-client (openldap2-client-2282)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27364

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

OpenLDAP libldap's strval2strlen() function contained a bug when processing the authcid string of certain Bind Requests, which could allow attackers to cause an affected application (especially the OpenLDAP Server) to crash (CVE-2006-5779).

Solution

Update the affected openldap2-client packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27364

File Name: suse_openldap2-client-2282.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openldap2-client-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5779

Detections

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