====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: openldap security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2010:0543-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0543.html
Issue date:        2010-07-20
CVE Names:         CVE-2009-3767 CVE-2010-0211 
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1. Summary:

Updated openldap packages that fix two security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Description:

OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol) applications and development tools.

An uninitialized pointer use flaw was discovered in the way the slapd
daemon handled modify relative distinguished name (modrdn) requests. An
authenticated user with privileges to perform modrdn operations could use
this flaw to crash the slapd daemon via specially-crafted modrdn requests.
(CVE-2010-0211)

Red Hat would like to thank CERT-FI for responsibly reporting the
CVE-2010-0211 flaw, who credit Ilkka Mattila and Tuomas Salom