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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51563
Category:Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2002:556
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory CLA-2002:556.

OpenLDAP[1] is an LDAPv2 and LDAPv3 server available for several
platforms.

The SuSE Security Team reviewed critical parts of the OpenLDAP code
and found several remote and local vulnerabilities, all fixed in this
update.

The vulnerabilities consists mainly in buffer overflows in both the
OpenLDAP server and in the libraries provided with the OpenLDAP
package. Some of these vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers
remotely or locally to compromise the OpenLDAP server or applications
linked against the vulnerable libraries.

Conectiva Linux 6.0 users should atent to the fact that the package
openldap2 here updated was released as experimental in that
distribution.


Solution:
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades
by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade'

http://www.openldap.org
http://www.suse.de/de/security/2002_047_openldap2.html
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2002:556
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002002

Risk factor : High

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