USN-3307-2: OpenLDAP vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3307-2

19th July, 2017

openldap vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

OpenLDAP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
network traffic.

Software description

• openldap
  - OpenLDAP utilities
  
  

Details

USN-3307-1 fixed a vulnerability in OpenLDAP. This update provides the
corresponding update for ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Karsten Heymann discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain search
requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause slapd to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions: