SB2019112638 - Resource exhaustion in Debian Linux



SB2019112638 - Resource exhaustion in Debian Linux

Published: November 26, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019112638
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) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4082)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

A local file inclusion flaw was found in the way the phpLDAPadmin before 0.9.8 processed certain values of the "Accept-Language" HTTP header. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service via specially-crafted request.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.