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CentOS 5 : openldap (CESA-2010:0542)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 47789
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated openldap packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools.
Multiple flaws were discovered in the way the slapd daemon handled modify relative distinguished name (modrdn) requests. An authenticated user with privileges to perform modrdn operations could use these flaws to crash the slapd daemon via specially crafted modrdn requests.
(CVE-2010-0211, CVE-2010-0212)
Red Hat would like to thank CERT-FI for responsibly reporting these flaws, who credit Ilkka Mattila and Tuomas Salomaki for the discovery of the issues.
Users of OpenLDAP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. After installing this update, the OpenLDAP daemons will be restarted automatically.
Solution
Update the affected openldap packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 47789
File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0542.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 7/22/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap-servers-sql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:compat-openldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap-clients, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap-servers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap-servers-overlays
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2010
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0211, CVE-2010-0212
BID: 41770
RHSA: 2010:0542