1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-551-1

USN-551-1: OpenLDAP vulnerabilities

Publication date

4 December 2007

Overview

OpenLDAP vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

Thomas Sesselmann discovered that the OpenLDAP slapd server
did not properly handle certain modify requests. A remote
attacker could send malicious modify requests to the server
and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-5707)

Toby Blake discovered that slapd did not properly terminate
an array while running as a proxy-caching server. A remote
attacker may be able to send crafted search requests to the
server and cause a denial of service. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10. (CVE-2007-5708)

Thomas Sesselmann discovered that the OpenLDAP slapd server
did not properly handle certain modify requests. A remote
attacker could send malicious modify requests to the server
and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-5707)

Toby Blake discovered that slapd did not properly terminate
an array while running as a proxy-caching server. A remote
attacker may be able to send crafted search requests to the
server and cause a denial of service. This issue only affects
Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10. (CVE-2007-5708)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
7.10 gutsy slapd –  2.3.35-1ubuntu0.1
7.04 feisty slapd –  2.3.30-2ubuntu0.1
6.10 edgy slapd –  2.2.26-5ubuntu3.2
6.06 dapper slapd –  2.2.26-5ubuntu2.4

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