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CentOS 6 : openldap (CESA-2012:0899)

low Nessus Plugin ID 59930

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated openldap packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) processed certain search queries requesting only attributes and no values. In certain configurations, a remote attacker could issue a specially crafted LDAP search query that, when processed by slapd, would cause slapd to crash due to an assertion failure.
(CVE-2012-1164)

These updated openldap packages include numerous bug fixes. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes.

Users of OpenLDAP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this update, the OpenLDAP daemons will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected openldap packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1959577a

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 59930

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-0899.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/11/2012

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1164

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap-servers-sql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap-clients, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap-servers, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openldap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1164

BID: 52404

RHSA: 2012:0899