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CentOS Update for compat-openldap CESA-2015:1840 centos5

🗓️ 30 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for compat-openldap CESA-2015:1840 centos5. Check the version of compat-openldap. OpenLDAP suite includes LDAP applications and tools. Vulnerability allows remote attacker to crash slapd. All openldap users should upgrade

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882291");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-30 07:07:48 +0200 (Wed, 30 Sep 2015)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6908");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("CentOS Update for compat-openldap CESA-2015:1840 centos5");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of compat-openldap");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"OpenLDAP is an open source suite of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(LDAP) applications and development tools. LDAP is a set of protocols used
to access and maintain distributed directory information services over an
IP network. The openldap package contains configuration files, libraries,
and documentation for OpenLDAP.

A flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) parsed
certain Basic Encoding Rules (BER) data. A remote attacker could use this
flaw to crash slapd via a specially crafted packet. (CVE-2015-6908)

All openldap users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"compat-openldap on CentOS 5");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2015:1840");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-September/021418.html");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"compat-openldap", rpm:"compat-openldap~2.3.43_2.2.29~29.el5_11", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openldap", rpm:"openldap~2.3.43~29.el5_11", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openldap-clients", rpm:"openldap-clients~2.3.43~29.el5_11", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openldap-devel", rpm:"openldap-devel~2.3.43~29.el5_11", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openldap-servers", rpm:"openldap-servers~2.3.43~29.el5_11", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openldap-servers-overlays", rpm:"openldap-servers-overlays~2.3.43~29.el5_11", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openldap-servers-sql", rpm:"openldap-servers-sql~2.3.43~29.el5_11", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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