SB2022040432 - SUSE update for 389-ds 



SB2022040432 - SUSE update for 389-ds

Published: April 4, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022040432
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0918)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling network packets. A remote attacker can create a single TCP packet to the LDAP port, trigger a segmentation fault and crash the slapd daemon.


2) Insufficient Session Expiration (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0996)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue that allows expired passwords to access the database to cause improper authentication. A remote non-authenticated attacker can obtain or guess session token and gain unauthorized access to session that belongs to another user.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.