SB2021050606 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for openldap



SB2021050606 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for openldap

Published: May 6, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021050606
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25692)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in slapd normalization handling with modrdn. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted packet to the slapd daemon and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.