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ELSA-2015-1840 Important: Oracle Linux openldap security update

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ELSA-2015-1840 Important: Oracle Linux openldap security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/11/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/30/2015
Modified
04/11/2019

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)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-compat-openldap
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openldap
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openldap-clients
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openldap-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openldap-servers
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openldap-servers-overlays
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-openldap-servers-sql

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