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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-384-1 November 20, 2006 openldap2.2 vulnerability CVE-2006-5779 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: libldap-2.2-7 2.2.26-3ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libldap-2.2-7 2.2.26-5ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 6.10: libldap-2.2-7 2.2.26-5ubuntu3.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Evgeny Legerov discovered that the OpenLDAP libraries did not correctly truncate authcid names. This situation would trigger an assert and abort the program using the libraries. A remote attacker could send specially crafted bind requests that would lead to an LDAP server denial of service.