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RHEL 5 : openldap (RHSA-2007:1037)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27853

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated openldap packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools.

A flaw was found in the way OpenLDAP's slapd daemon handled malformed objectClasses LDAP attributes. A local or remote attacker could create an LDAP request which could cause a denial of service by crashing slapd. (CVE-2007-5707)

In addition, the following feature was added: * OpenLDAP client tools now have new option to configure their bind timeout.

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated openldap packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue and provide this security enhancement.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-5707

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1037

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27853

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-1037.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openldap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openldap-clients, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openldap-servers-sql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:compat-openldap, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openldap-servers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openldap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5707

BID: 26245

CWE: 399

RHSA: 2007:1037