Subject: [yellowdog-updates] Yellow Dog Linux Security Advisory: YDU-20010810-3
dburcaw@newhope.terraplex.com
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 14:12:29 MDT
Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement
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Package: openldap
Issue Date: August 10, 2001
Priority: high
Advisory ID: YDU-20010810-3
1. Topic:
Updated openldap packages are available
that fix security vulnerabilities that
could allow a remote user to crash a
server.
2. Problem:
"When subjected to the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite, versions of
OpenLDAP 1.2 through 1.2.11 and 2.0 through 2.0.7 were found to
have vulnerabilities which could be exploited by causing them
to attempt to decode an improperly encoded request. These
vulnerabilities were fixed in OpenLDAP 1.2.12 and 2.0.8."
(from Red Hat security advisory)
3. Solution:
a) Updating via yup...
We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
this update onto your system:
yup update openldap
yup update openldap-clients
yup update openldap-devel
yup update openldap-server
b) Updating manually...
The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
the update. (Please use a mirror site)
ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.0/ppc/RPMS/
rpm -Fvh openldap-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
rpm -Fvh openldap-clients-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
rpm -Fvh openldap-devel-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
rpm -Fvh openldap-servers-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
4. Verification
MD5 checksum Package
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366581cb843dd518665fed244c92f00f SRPMS/openldap-1.2.12-1a.src.rpm
c73c3c1cb284fbb021aa9498cd22726e ppc/RPMS/openldap-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
371d64ba3d49a92182c43474f5caeddf ppc/RPMS/openldap-clients-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
8d3d0993419645c6793139cf8950ab68 ppc/RPMS/openldap-devel-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
590119cd717d6b8b6d0bbece3851354b ppc/RPMS/openldap-servers-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename
5. Misc.
Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.
For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see
http://devel.yellowdoglinux.com/rp_yup.shtml
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