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SUSE Linux Enterprise Module: 2021:1878-1 Moderate: 389-ds NULL Pointer Fix

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Calendar Grey June 8, 2021
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SUSE Security Patch for 389-ds: Notification ID SUSE-SU-2021:1878-2 released to address moderate vulnerabilities.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for 389-ds fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3514: Fixed a sync_repl NULL pointer dereference in sync_create_state_control() (bsc#1185356) 389-ds was updated to version 1.4.3.23~git0.f53d0132b: Bump version to 1.4.3.23: * Issue 4725 - [RFE] DS - Update the password policy to support a Temporary Password Rules (#4727) * Issue 4759 - Fix coverity issue (#4760) * Issue 4656 - Fix cherry pick error around replication enabling * Issue 4701 - RFE - Exclude attributes from retro changelog (#4723) (#4746) * Issue 4742 - UI - should always use LDAPI path when calling CLI * Issue 4667 - incorrect accounting of readers in vattr rwlock (#4732) * Issue 4711 - SIGSEV with sync_repl (#4738) * Issue 4649 - fix testcase importing ContentSyncPlugin * Issue 2736 - Warnings from automatic shebang munging macro

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update software patch NULL pointer SUSE 389-ds

References

#1185356

Cross- CVE-2021-3514

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-3514 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3514.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185356

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1878-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update software patch NULL pointer SUSE 389-ds

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