Ubuntu Security Notice USN-584-1
5th March, 2008
openldap2.2, openldap2.3 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- openldap2.2
- openldap2.3
Details
Jonathan Clarke discovered that the OpenLDAP slapd server did not
properly handle modify requests when using the Berkeley DB backend
and specifying the NOOP control. An authenticated user with modify
permissions could send a crafted modify request and cause a denial
of service via application crash. Ubuntu 7.10 is not affected by
this issue. (CVE-2007-6698)
Ralf Haferkamp discovered that the OpenLDAP slapd server did not
properly handle modrdn requests when using the Berkeley DB backend
and specifying the NOOP control. An authenticated user with modrdn
permissions could send a crafted modrdn request and possibly cause a
denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2007-6698)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- slapd 2.3.35-1ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- slapd 2.3.30-2ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- slapd 2.2.26-5ubuntu3.3
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- slapd 2.2.26-5ubuntu2.6
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.