1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2742-1

USN-2742-1: OpenLDAP vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 September 2015

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in OpenLDAP.

Releases

Packages

Details

Denis Andzakovic discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain BER
data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-6908)

Dietrich Clauss discovered that the OpenLDAP package incorrectly shipped
with a potentially unsafe default access control configuration. Depending
on how the database is configure, this may allow users to impersonate
others by modifying attributes such as their Unix user and group numbers.
(CVE-2014-9713)

Denis Andzakovic discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain BER
data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-6908)

Dietrich Clauss discovered that the OpenLDAP package incorrectly shipped
with a potentially unsafe default access control configuration. Depending
on how the database is configure, this may allow users to impersonate
others by modifying attributes such as their Unix user and group numbers.
(CVE-2014-9713)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. For existing installations, access rules that begin with “to *” need to be manually adjusted to remove any instances of “by self write”.

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
15.04 vivid slapd –  2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu12.3
14.04 trusty slapd –  2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.2
12.04 precise slapd –  2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.6

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