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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-12243: Security patch for openldap (ALAS-2020-1539)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-12243: Security patch for openldap (ALAS-2020-1539)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/28/2020
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

In filter.c in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.50, LDAP search filters with nested boolean expressions can result in denial of service (daemon crash).

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openldap
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openldap-clients
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openldap-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openldap-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openldap-servers
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openldap-servers-sql

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