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Red Hat 5: RHSA-2010:0542-01 Moderate: OpenLDAP Crash Risk

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Updated openldap packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: openldap security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2010:0542-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0542.html
Issue date:        2010-07-20
CVE Names:         CVE-2010-0211 CVE-2010-0212 
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1. Summary:

Updated openldap packages that fix multiple security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol) applications and development tools.

Multiple flaws were discovered in the way the slapd daemon handled modify
relative distinguished name (modrdn) requests. An authenticated user with
privileges to perform modrdn operations could use these flaws to crash the
slapd daemon via specially-crafted modrdn requests. (CVE-2010-0211,
CVE-2010-0212)

Red Hat would like to thank CERT-FI for responsibly reporting these flaws,
who credit Ilkka Mattila and Tuomas Salomäki for the discovery of the
issues.

Users of OpenLDAP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
a backported patch to correct these issues. After installing this update,
the OpenLDAP daemons will be restarted automatically.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

605448 - CVE-2010-0211 openldap: modrdn processing uninitialized pointer free
605452 - CVE-2010-0212 openldap: modrdn processing IA5StringNormalize NULL pointer dereference

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-clients-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm

x86_64:
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-clients-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-servers-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm

x86_64:
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-servers-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-clients-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-servers-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm
openldap-clients-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm
openldap-servers-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm
openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm
openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm

ppc:
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.ppc64.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc64.rpm
openldap-clients-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc64.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc64.rpm
openldap-servers-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm
openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm
openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm

s390x:
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.s390.rpm
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm
openldap-clients-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm
openldap-servers-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm
openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm
openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-clients-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-servers-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0211
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0212
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat 5: RHSA-2010:0542-01 Moderate: OpenLDAP Crash Risk

red hat
Calendar Grey July 20, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat enhances OpenLDAP software by patching vulnerabilities, promoting more secure LDAP functionalities for its users.
Updated openldap packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools.
Multiple flaws were discovered in the way the slapd daemon handled modify relative distinguished name (modrdn) requests. An authenticated user with privileges to perform modrdn operations could use these flaws to crash the slapd daemon via specially-crafted modrdn requests. (CVE-2010-0211, CVE-2010-0212)
Red Hat would like to thank CERT-FI for responsibly reporting these flaws, who credit Ilkka Mattila and Tuomas Salomäki for the discovery of the issues.
Users of OpenLDAP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. After installing this update, the OpenLDAP daemons will be restarted automatically.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0211 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0212 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-clients-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm openldap-clients-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-servers-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm openldap-servers-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm openldap-servers-sql-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0542-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2010-07-20

Topic

Updated openldap packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

605448 - CVE-2010-0211 openldap: modrdn processing uninitialized pointer free

605452 - CVE-2010-0212 openldap: modrdn processing IA5StringNormalize NULL pointer dereference

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