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CentOS 6 : 389-ds-base (CESA-2013:1182)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69497

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated 389-ds-base 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 389 Directory Server is an LDAPv3 compliant server. The base packages include the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and command-line utilities for server administration.

It was discovered that the 389 Directory Server did not properly handle the receipt of certain MOD operations with a bogus Distinguished Name (DN). A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause the 389 Directory Server to crash. (CVE-2013-4283)

All 389-ds-base users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
After installing this update, the 389 server service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected 389-ds-base packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bdf0220c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69497

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-1182.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/29/2013

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4283

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4283

BID: 62031

RHSA: 2013:1182