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MDKSA-2005:121: nss_ldap

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the nss_ldap package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2005:121 (nss_ldap).

Rob Holland, of the Gentoo Security Audit Team, discovered that pam_ldap and
nss_ldap would not use TLS for referred connections if they are referred to a
master after connecting to a slave, regardless of the 'ssl start_tls' setting
in ldap.conf.

As well, a bug in nss_ldap in Corporate Server and Mandrake 10.0 has been fixed
that caused crond, and other applications, to crash as a result of clients
receiving a SIGPIPE signal when attempting to issue a new search request to a
directory server that is no longer available.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:121
Network Security Threat Level: High

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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