USN-858-1: OpenLDAP vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• openldap2.2 -

Details

It was discovered that OpenLDAP did not correctly handle SSL certificates
with zero bytes in the Common Name. A remote attacker could exploit this to
perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter
encrypted communications.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 6.06

• libldap-2.2-7 - 2.2.26-5ubuntu2.9

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-3767