QID 239207

Date Published: 2021-04-08

QID 239207: Red Hat Update for libldb (RHSA-2021:1072)

The libldb packages provide an extensible library that implements an LDAP-like API to access remote LDAP servers, or use local TDB databases.

Security Fix(es): samba: Out of bounds read in AD DC LDAP server (CVE-2021-20277)

Affected Products:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 3 for RHEL 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:1072 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239207

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:1072 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1072?language=en