MGASA-2015-0374

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    MGASA-2015-0374

    Published: 15 Sept 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-6908

    Summary: Updated openldap package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: By sending a crafted packet, an attacker can cause the OpenLDAP daemon to crash with a SIGABRT. This is due to an assert() call in the ber_get_next() method in a/libraries/liblber/io.c that is hit when decoding tampered BER data (CVE-2015-6908)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0374.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16740, http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=8240, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/5

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openldap

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/openldap?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.38-1.5.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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