SB2021040625 - Debian update for ldb
Published: April 6, 2021
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10730)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Samba AD DC LDAP Server with ASQ, VLV and paged_results. A remote authenticated user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by triggering a NULL pointer dereference or us-after-free error.
2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27840)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing DNs inside bind requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted LDAP request to Samba AD DC LDAP server, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20277)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in ldb_handler_fold() function when processing multiple consecutive leading spaces within LDAP query. A remote user can send a specially crafted LDAP query, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the LDAP server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.