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Mageia 8: MGASA-2022-0310 Critical Denial of Service Risk in Python LDAP

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Calendar Grey August 29, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
The newly released python-ldap updates rectify a security vulnerability that could enable remote attackers to execute denial of service attacks; further information is provided.
It was discovered that Python LDAP incorrectly handled certain regular expressions

Summary

It was discovered that Python LDAP incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (CVE-2021-46823).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30627

- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46823

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5508-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46823

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service vulnerability fix Mageia Python LDAP

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/python-ldap-3.3.1-1.1.mga8

Severity
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Publication date: 29 Aug 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0310.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-46823

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service vulnerability fix Mageia Python LDAP

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