USN-3307-1: OpenLDAP vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3307-1
1st June, 2017
openldap vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
OpenLDAP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software description
- openldap
– OpenLDAP utilities
Details
Karsten Heymann discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain search
requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause slapd to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.04:
-
slapd
2.4.44+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 16.10:
-
slapd
2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu4.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
slapd
2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
slapd
2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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