USN-1266-1: OpenLDAP vulnerability

Publication date

17 November 2011

Overview

An OpenLDAP server could potentially be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic from an authenticated user.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that slapd contained an off-by-one error. An
authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this by sending a
crafted crafted LDIF entry containing an empty postalAddress.

It was discovered that slapd contained an off-by-one error. An
authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this by sending a
crafted crafted LDIF entry containing an empty postalAddress.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
11.10 oneiric slapd –  2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1
11.04 natty slapd –  2.4.23-6ubuntu6.1
10.10 maverick slapd –  2.4.23-0ubuntu3.7
10.04 lucid slapd –  2.4.21-0ubuntu5.6

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