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Unscored USN-4888-2 2 CVEs

ldb vulnerabilities

Published Mar 25, 2021 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-4888-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ldb. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Douglas Bagnall discovered that ldb, when used with Samba, incorrectly
handled certain LDAP attributes. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause the LDAP server to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-20277)

Douglas Bagnall discovered that ldb, when used with Samba, incorrectly
handled certain DN strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause the LDAP server to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-27840)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS ldb 1:1.1.24-0ubuntu0.14.04.2+esm1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27840
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20277