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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d232a14b --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200611-25"> + <title>OpenLDAP: Denial of Service vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + A flaw in OpenLDAP allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a + Denial of Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">openldap</product> + <announced>November 28, 2006</announced> + <revised>November 28, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>154349</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-nds/openldap" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.3.27-r3</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">2.2.28-r5</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">2.1.30-r8</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.3.27-r3</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + OpenLDAP is a suite of LDAP-related applications and development tools. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Evgeny Legerov has discovered that the truncation of an incoming + authcid longer than 255 characters and ending with a space as the 255th + character will lead to an improperly computed name length. This will + trigger an assert in the libldap code. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + By sending a BIND request with a specially crafted authcid parameter to + an OpenLDAP service, a remote attacker can cause the service to crash. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All OpenLDAP users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "net-nds/openldap"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5779">CVE-2006-5779</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:22:56 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:35:57 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:37:27 +0000"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |