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Red Hat: RHSA-2021:1389-01 Moderate: OpenLDAP NULL Pointer Issue

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A security patch has been issued for OpenLDAP on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, classified as having moderate severity stemming from a NULL reference vulnerability.
An update for openldap is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

OpenLDAP is an open-source suite of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) applications and development tools. LDAP is a set of protocols used to access and maintain distributed directory information services over an IP network.
Security Fix(es):
* openldap: NULL pointer dereference for unauthenticated packet in slapd (CVE-2020-25692)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact openldap OpenLDAP NULL pointer

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25692 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: openldap-2.4.44-23.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: openldap-2.4.44-23.el7_9.i686.rpm openldap-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-clients-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.4.44-23.el7_9.i686.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: openldap-debuginfo-2.4.44-23.el7_9.i686.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-devel-2.4.44-23.el7_9.i686.rpm openldap-devel-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-servers-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-servers-sql-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: openldap-2.4.44-23.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: openldap-2.4.44-23.el7_9.i686.rpm openldap-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-clients-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.4.44-23.el7_9.i686.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: openldap-debuginfo-2.4.44-23.el7_9.i686.rpm openldap-debuginfo-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-devel-2.4.44-23.el7_9.i686.rpm openldap-devel-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-servers-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm openldap-servers-sql-2.4.44-23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1389-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1389
Issue date: 2021-04-27

Topic

An update for openldap is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact openldap OpenLDAP NULL pointer

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1894567 - CVE-2020-25692 openldap: NULL pointer dereference for unauthenticated packet in slapd

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