SUSE-SU-2016:0224-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:0224-1

    Published: 25 Jan 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for openldap2

    Details: This update fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2015-6908: The ber_get_next function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and application crash) via crafted BER data, as demonstrated by an attack against slapd. (bsc#945582) - CVE-2015-4000: Fix weak Diffie-Hellman size vulnerability. (bsc#937766) It also fixes the following non-security bugs: - bsc#955210: Unresponsive LDAP host lookups in IPv6 environment This update adds the following functionality: - fate#319300: SHA2 password hashing module that can be loaded on-demand.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160224-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/937766, https://bugzilla.suse.com/945582, https://bugzilla.suse.com/955210, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4000, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6908

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openldap2-client

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/openldap2-client&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.41-18.13.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High