TITLE:
OpenLDAP slapd "selfwrite" Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21721
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21721/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
OpenLDAP 2.3.x
http://secunia.com/product/5943/
DESCRIPTION:
Howard Chu has reported a security issue in OpenLDAP, which can be
exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to an error within the Access
Control List processing. If a user has "selfwrite" access to an
attribute, this can be exploited to modify arbitrary values of the
attribute.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.3.25.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Howard Chu
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4587
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