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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200403-12 (openldap)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200403-12.
Insight
Insight
A failed password operation can cause the OpenLDAP slapd server, if it is using the back-ldbm backend, to free memory that was never allocated.
Solution
Solution
OpenLDAP users should upgrade to version 2.1.17 or later: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-nds/openldap-2.1.17' # emerge '>=net-nds/openldap-2.1.17' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200403-12 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26728 http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=2390