Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3307-1
1st June, 2017
openldap vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
OpenLDAP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Software description
Karsten Heymann discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain search
requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause slapd to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.04:
slapd 2.4.44+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 16.10:
slapd 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu4.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
slapd 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
slapd 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2017-9287
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1st June, 2017
openldap vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
OpenLDAP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Software description
- openldap - OpenLDAP utilities
Karsten Heymann discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain search
requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause slapd to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.04:
slapd 2.4.44+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 16.10:
slapd 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu4.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
slapd 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
slapd 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2017-9287
Continue reading...