SB2014022605 - Amazon Linux AMI update for openldap



SB2014022605 - Amazon Linux AMI update for openldap

Published: February 26, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014022605
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4449)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.