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Cent OS: CVE-2015-6908: CESA-2015:1840 (openldap)

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Cent OS: CVE-2015-6908: CESA-2015:1840 (openldap)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/11/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The ber_get_next function in libraries/liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and application crash) via crafted BER data, as demonstrated by an attack against slapd.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-compat-openldap
  • centos-upgrade-openldap
  • centos-upgrade-openldap-clients
  • centos-upgrade-openldap-devel
  • centos-upgrade-openldap-servers
  • centos-upgrade-openldap-servers-overlays
  • centos-upgrade-openldap-servers-sql

References

  • APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3
  • DSA-3356
  • CVE-2015-6908
  • USN-2742-1

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