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Gentoo GLSA-201406-36 Normal: OpenLDAP DoS and MITM Attacks

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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201406-37 highlights vulnerabilities within the OpenSSH protocol that could lead to unauthorized access and potential data breaches.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in OpenLDAP, allowing for Denial of Service or a man-in-the-middle attack.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenLDAP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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security advisory denial of service gentoo openldap man-in-the-middle multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Resolution

All OpenLDAP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-nds/openldap-2.4.35"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3767 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3767 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-0211 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0211 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-0212 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0212 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-1024 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1024 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-1025 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1025 [ 6 ] CVE-2011-1081 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1081 [ 7 ] CVE-2011-4079 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4079 [ 8 ] CVE-2012-1164 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1164 [ 9 ] CVE-2012-2668 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2668

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-36
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: OpenLDAP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 30, 2014
Bugs: #290345, #323777, #355333, #388605, #407941, #424167
ID: 201406-36

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo openldap man-in-the-middle multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in OpenLDAP, allowing for Denial of Service or a man-in-the-middle attack.

Background

OpenLDAP is an LDAP suite of application and development tools.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-nds/openldap < 2.4.35 >= 2.4.35

Impact

===== A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using OpenLDAP, bypass security restrictions or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.