Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4782-1 openldap -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 30 Oct 2020
- Affected Packages:
- openldap
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-25692.
- More information:
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A vulnerability in the handling of normalization with modrdn was discovered in OpenLDAP, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this flaw to cause a denial of service (slapd daemon crash) via a specially crafted packet.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.47+dfsg-3+deb10u3.
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