Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2574-1 openldap -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 21 Feb 2021
- Affected Packages:
- openldap
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-27212.
- More information:
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A vulnerability in the Certificate List Exact Assertion validation was discovered in OpenLDAP, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. An unauthenticated remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service (slapd daemon crash) via specially crafted packets.
For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.44+dfsg-5+deb9u8.
We recommend that you upgrade your openldap packages.
For the detailed security status of openldap please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openldap
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS