klieber
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 Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 1:47 pm Post subject: [gentoo-announce] GLSA: nss_ldap |
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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE :nss_ldap
SUMMARY :Buffer overflow
DATE :2002-10-13 12:45 UTC
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Buffer overflow in the DNS SRV code for nss_ldap before nss_ldap-198 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
DETAIL
When versions of nss_ldap prior to nss_ldap-198 are configured without a value for the "host" setting, nss_ldap will attempt to configure itself by using SRV records stored in DNS. When parsing the results of the DNS query, nss_ldap does not check that the data returned by the server willfit into an internal buffer, leaving it vulnerable to a buffer overflow. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2002-0825 to this issue.
When versions of nss_ldap prior to nss_ldap-199 are configured without a value for the "host" setting, nss_ldap will attempt to configure itself by using SRV records stored in DNS. When parsing the results of the DNS query, nss_ldap does not check that the data returned has not been truncated by the resolver libraries to avoid a buffer overflow, and may attempt to parse more data than is actually available, leaving it vulnerable to a read buffer overflow.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-libs/nss_ldap-174-r2 and earlier update their systems as follows:
emerge rsync
emerge nss_ldap
emerge clean
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--kurt
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