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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5992-1 Moderate: ldb Sensitive Data Exposure

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2023
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CVE flaw found in Debian might reveal confidential data. Patch your system promptly to reduce exposure to cyber threats.
ldb could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

ldb could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:

- ldb: LDAP-like embedded database

Details:

Demi Marie Obenour discovered that ldb, when used with Samba, incorrectly

handled certain confidential attribute values. A remote authenticated

attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain certain sensitive

information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote attack Ubuntu sensitive data exposure ldb

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libldb2                         2:2.4.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libldb2                         2:2.4.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

After a standard system update you need to restart applications using ldb,
such as Samba, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5992-1

CVE-2023-0614

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Critical

April 03, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote attack Ubuntu sensitive data exposure ldb

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ldb/2:2.4.4-0ubuntu0.22.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ldb/2:2.4.4-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

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