| From: |
| Jamie Strandboge <jamie@canonical.com> |
| To: |
| ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com |
| Subject: |
| [USN-1266-1] OpenLDAP vulnerability |
| Date: |
| Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:29:51 -0600 |
| Message-ID: |
| <1321550991.28165.60.camel@localhost> |
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1266-1
November 17, 2011
openldap vulnerability
==========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
An OpenLDAP server could potentially be made to crash if it received
specially crafted network traffic from an authenticated user.
Software Description:
- openldap: OpenLDAP utilities
Details:
It was discovered that slapd contained an off-by-one error. An
authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this by sending a
crafted crafted LDIF entry containing an empty postalAddress.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 11.10:
slapd 2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1
Ubuntu 11.04:
slapd 2.4.23-6ubuntu6.1
Ubuntu 10.10:
slapd 2.4.23-0ubuntu3.7
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
slapd 2.4.21-0ubuntu5.6
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1266-1
CVE-2011-4079
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openldap/2.4.25-1.1u...
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openldap/2.4.23-6ubu...
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openldap/2.4.23-0ubu...
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openldap/2.4.21-0ubu...
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