DSA-3356-1 openldap -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3356-1 openldap -- security update

Date Reported:

12 Sep 2015

Affected Packages:

openldap

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 798622.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-6908.

More information:

Denis Andzakovic discovered that OpenLDAP, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, does not properly handle BER data. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this flaw to cause a denial of service (slapd daemon crash) via a specially crafted packet.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.31-2+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.42+dfsg-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your openldap packages.