SuSE 10 Security Update : OpenLDAP 2 (ZYPP Patch Number 6598)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49906

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update of openldap2 makes SSL certificate verification more robust against uses of the special character \0 in the subjects name.
(CVE-2009-2408)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 6598.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2408.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49906

File Name: suse_openldap2-6598.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: 10/26/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2408

CWE: 310