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SuSE 10 Security Update : OpenLDAP 2 (ZYPP Patch Number 5511)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34441

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update fixes a security problem in the liblber client library of openldap that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program termination) via crafted ASN.1 BER datagrams, which triggers an assertion error. (CVE-2008-2952) Additionally a bug was fixed in ldap_free_connection which could result in client crashes when the server closed a connection while an operation is active.

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 5511.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2952.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34441

File Name: suse_openldap2-5511.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2952

CWE: 399