Out-of-bounds Read Affecting pyldb-devel package, versions <0:1.3.4-2.el7_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYLDBDEVEL-4929611
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Mar 2021

Introduced: 24 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-20277  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 pyldb-devel to version 0:1.3.4-2.el7_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:2786.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pyldb-devel package and not the pyldb-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in Samba's libldb. Multiple, consecutive leading spaces in an LDAP attribute can lead to an out-of-bounds memory write, leading to a crash of the LDAP server process handling the request. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Scores

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