DSA-4397-1 ldb -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4397-1 ldb -- security update

Date Reported:

28 Feb 2019

Affected Packages:

ldb

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-3824.

More information:

Garming Sam reported an out-of-bounds read in the ldb_wildcard_compare() function of ldb, a LDAP-like embedded database, resulting in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.1.27-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ldb packages.

For the detailed security status of ldb please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ldb