SB2015031007 - Input validation error in Aconf
Published: March 10, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015031007
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1545)
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an empty attribute list in a deref control in a search request.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=67c7135307116f53124b112014f104772ac74043
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6bf81f56e8c0b362d9c5ed046d9a8cdb81d5d957
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c35d8ac23c9256c6c00de60a8d96fbd509695d69
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ae0ea5cdb6a50450d35d219e22bace68f1e2e2f0
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b4946d661c42d6f60d8575311b66cb7e064620c4
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=27b14baf87f1fdc85decdb00a9fc93b398192dbf