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Red Hat 8.2: RHSA-2021-2796 Moderate: 389-ds NULL Pointer Issue

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Calendar Grey July 20, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat releases a noteworthy security patch for 389-ds:1.4 in RHEL 8.2, addressing severe NULL pointer vulnerabilities.
An update for the 389-ds:1.4 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

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

389 Directory Server is an LDAP version 3 (LDAPv3) compliant server. The base packages include the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and command-line utilities for server administration.
Security Fix(es):
* 389-ds-base: sync_repl NULL pointer dereference in sync_create_state_control() (CVE-2021-3514)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat NULL pointer Moderate directory server 389-ds

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3514 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2):
Source: 389-ds-base-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.src.rpm
aarch64: 389-ds-base-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm 389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm 389-ds-base-debugsource-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm 389-ds-base-devel-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm 389-ds-base-legacy-tools-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm 389-ds-base-legacy-tools-debuginfo-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm 389-ds-base-libs-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm 389-ds-base-libs-debuginfo-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm 389-ds-base-snmp-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm 389-ds-base-snmp-debuginfo-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.aarch64.rpm
noarch: python3-lib389-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: 389-ds-base-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.ppc64le.rpm 389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.ppc64le.rpm 389-ds-base-debugsource-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.ppc64le.rpm 389-ds-base-devel-1.4.2.4-14.module+el8.2.0+11017+0eb5711a.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2796-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2796
Issue date: 2021-07-20

Topic

An update for the 389-ds:1.4 module is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.2 Extended Update Support.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat NULL pointer Moderate directory server 389-ds

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1952907 - CVE-2021-3514 389-ds-base: sync_repl NULL pointer dereference in sync_create_state_control()

1960723 - CVE-2021-3514 389-ds:1.4/389-ds-base: sync_repl NULL pointer dereference in sync_create_state_control() [rhel-8] [rhel-8.2.0.z]

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