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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-27212: Security patch for openldap (ALAS-2023-1741)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-27212: Security patch for openldap (ALAS-2023-1741)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/14/2021
Created
05/05/2023
Added
05/04/2023
Modified
05/04/2023

Description

In OpenLDAP through 2.4.57 and 2.5.x through 2.5.1alpha, an assertion failure in slapd can occur in the issuerAndThisUpdateCheck function via a crafted packet, resulting in a denial of service (daemon exit) via a short timestamp. This is related to schema_init.c and checkTime.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-openldap

References

  • ALAS-2023-1741
  • CVE-2021-27212
  • USN-4744-1

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