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Debian DSA-1650-1 : openldap2.3 - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34386

Synopsis

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

Description

Cameron Hotchkies discovered that the OpenLDAP server slapd, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, could be crashed by sending malformed ASN1 requests.

Solution

Upgrade the openldap2.3 packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.30-5+etch2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488710

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1650

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34386

File Name: debian_DSA-1650.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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:openldap2.3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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: 10/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2952

BID: 30013

CWE: 399

DSA: 1650