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CentOS 6 : nss-pam-ldapd (CESA-2013:0590)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65161

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated nss-pam-ldapd packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important 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.

The nss-pam-ldapd packages provide the nss-pam-ldapd daemon (nslcd), which uses a directory server to lookup name service information on behalf of a lightweight nsswitch module.

An array index error, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow flaw, was found in the way nss-pam-ldapd managed open file descriptors. An attacker able to make a process have a large number of open file descriptors and perform name lookups could use this flaw to cause the process to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the process. (CVE-2013-0288)

Red Hat would like to thank Garth Mollett for reporting this issue.

All users of nss-pam-ldapd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to fix this issue.

Solution

Update the affected nss-pam-ldapd package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?469aa863

http://www.nessus.org/u?45be22be

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65161

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0590.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/10/2013

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0288

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nss-pam-ldapd, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0288

BID: 58007

RHSA: 2013:0590