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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-20277: ELSA-2021-1197: libldb security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-20277: ELSA-2021-1197: libldb security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/24/2021
Created
04/10/2021
Added
04/08/2021
Modified
12/05/2024

Description

A flaw was found in Samba's libldb. Multiple, consecutive leading spaces in an LDAP attribute can lead to an out-of-bounds memory write, leading to a crash of the LDAP server process handling the request. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ldb-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libldb
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libldb-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-pyldb
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-pyldb-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-ldb

References

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