Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement
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Package:	openldap	
Issue Date: 	August 10, 2001
Priority:	high		
Advisory ID: 	YDU-20010810-3


1. 	Topic:

	Updated openldap packages are available
	that fix security vulnerabilities that
	could allow a remote user to crash a
	server.


2. 	Problem:

	"When subjected to the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite, versions of
	OpenLDAP 1.2 through 1.2.11 and 2.0 through 2.0.7 were found to
	have vulnerabilities which could be exploited by causing them
	to attempt to decode an improperly encoded request.  These
	vulnerabilities were fixed in OpenLDAP 1.2.12 and 2.0.8."
	(from Red Hat security advisory)


3. 	Solution:

   	a) Updating via yup...
   	We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
   	to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
   	automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
   	this update onto your system:

   		yup update openldap 
		yup update openldap-clients
		yup update openldap-devel
		yup update openldap-server 

   	b) Updating manually...
   	The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
   	below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
   	the update.  (Please use a mirror site)

   		ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.0/ppc/RPMS/
                rpm -Fvh openldap-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
		rpm -Fvh openldap-clients-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
		rpm -Fvh openldap-devel-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
		rpm -Fvh openldap-servers-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm


4. Verification

MD5 checksum			  Package
--------------------------------  ----------------------------
366581cb843dd518665fed244c92f00f  SRPMS/openldap-1.2.12-1a.src.rpm
c73c3c1cb284fbb021aa9498cd22726e  ppc/RPMS/openldap-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
371d64ba3d49a92182c43474f5caeddf  ppc/RPMS/openldap-clients-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
8d3d0993419645c6793139cf8950ab68  ppc/RPMS/openldap-devel-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm
590119cd717d6b8b6d0bbece3851354b  ppc/RPMS/openldap-servers-1.2.12-1a.ppc.rpm

If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename


5. Misc.

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.

For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see 
http://http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yup.shtml