GLSA 201406-36: OpenLDAP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenLDAP: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/30/2014
Bugs:	#290345, #323777, #355333, #388605, #407941, #424167
ID:	201406-36

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in OpenLDAP, allowing for Denial of Service or a man-in-the-middle attack.

Background

OpenLDAP is an LDAP suite of application and development tools.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-nds/openldap	< 2.4.35	>= 2.4.35	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenLDAP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using OpenLDAP, bypass security restrictions or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All OpenLDAP users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-nds/openldap-2.4.35"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-36.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.