USN-3895-1: LDB vulnerability
ldb vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
LDB could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software Description
- ldb – LDAP-like embedded database – tools
Details
It was discovered that LDB incorrectly handled certain search expressions.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the Samba LDAP
process 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 18.10
- libldb1 – 2:1.4.0+really1.3.5-2ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libldb1 – 2:1.2.3-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libldb1 – 2:1.1.24-1ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libldb1 – 1:1.1.24-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3895-1: LDB vulnerability
