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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openldap (MDVSA-2015:074)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82327

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in openldap :

The deref_parseCtrl function in servers/slapd/overlays/deref.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.13 through 2.4.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an empty attribute list in a deref control in a search request (CVE-2015-1545).

The updated packages provides a solution for these security issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82327

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-074.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openldap-servers, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openldap-testprogs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openldap-tests, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ldap2.4_2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ldap2.4_2-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ldap2.4_2-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openldap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openldap-clients, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:openldap-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1545

BID: 72519

MDVSA: 2015:074