Debian Jessie DSA-3868-1 Critical: OpenLDAP Denial Of Service Issue
debian
May 30, 2017
Karsten Heymann discovered that the OpenLDAP directory server can be crashed by performing a paged search with a page size of 0, resulting in denial of service
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Summary
Karsten Heymann discovered that the OpenLDAP directory server can be
crashed by performing a paged search with a page size of 0, resulting in
denial of service. This vulnerability is limited to the MDB storage
backend.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.44+dfsg-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your openldap packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: openldap
CVE ID: CVE-2017-9287
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