USN-4634-2: OpenLDAP vulnerabilities
23 November 2020
OpenLDAP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- openldap - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Details
USN-4634-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenLDAP. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain malformed
inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP
to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4634-1: ldap-utils, libldap-common, slapd-contrib, libldap2-dev, openldap, slapi-dev, slapd, slapd-smbk5pwd, libldap-2.4-2