DSA-1650-1 openldap2.3 -- denial of service

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2008-2952  

Cameron Hotchkies discovered that the OpenLDAP server slapd, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, could be crashed by sending malformed ASN1 requests. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.30-5+etch2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.10-3 of the openldap package. We recommend that you upgrade your openldap2.3 packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1650-1 openldap2.3 -- denial of service

Date Reported:
12 Oct 2008
Affected Packages:
openldap2.3
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 488710.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-2952.
More information:

Cameron Hotchkies discovered that the OpenLDAP server slapd, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, could be crashed by sending malformed ASN1 requests.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.30-5+etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.10-3 of the openldap package.

We recommend that you upgrade your openldap2.3 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/openldap2.3_2.3.30.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/openldap2.3_2.3.30-5+etch4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/openldap2.3_2.3.30-5+etch4.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/ldap-utils_2.3.30-5+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/libldap-2.3-0_2.3.30-5+etch4_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openldap2.3/slapd_2.3.30-5+etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.