- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200808-09 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: OpenLDAP: Denial of Service vulnerability Date: August 08, 2008 Bugs: #230269 ID: 200808-09 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A flaw in OpenLDAP allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a Denial of Service. Background ========== OpenLDAP Software is an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-nds/openldap < 2.3.43 >= 2.3.43 Description =========== Cameron Hotchkies discovered an error within the parsing of ASN.1 BER encoded packets in the "ber_get_next()" function in libraries/liblber/io.c. Impact ====== A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted ASN.1 BER encoded packet which will trigger the error and cause an "assert()", terminating the "slapd" daemon. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All OpenLDAP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-nds/openldap-2.3.43" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-2952 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2952 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-09.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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