[USN-7713-1] OpenLDAP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7713-1
August 24, 2025

openldap vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in OpenLDAP.

Software Description:
- openldap: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Details:

It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled X.509 DN parsing. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36229, CVE-2020-36230)

Pasi Saarinen discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain short
timestamps. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-27212)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  slapd                           2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7713-1
  CVE-2020-36229, CVE-2020-36230, CVE-2021-27212
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