CVE-2015-6908 Information

Description

The ber_get_next function in libraries/liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and application crash) via crafted BER data as demonstrated by an attack against slapd.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00031.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00032.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00037.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00039.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00040.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1840.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3356 http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git;a=commit;h=6fe51a9ab04fd28bbc171da3cf12f1c1040d6629 http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software20Bugs?id=8240 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/OpenLDAP-ber_get_next-Denial-of-Service.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76714 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033534 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2742-1 https://support.apple.com/HT205637