Issued:
2012-10-18
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2012:1389 - mod_authz_ldap bug fix update

Synopsis

mod_authz_ldap bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated mod_authz_ldap packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The mod_authz_ldap packages provide a module for the Apache HTTP Server to authenticate users against an LDAP database.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the License field of the mod_authz_ldap packages contained an incorrect tag. This update modifies the license text. Now, the license tag correctly reads "ASL1.0". (BZ#607797)

  • Prior to this update, the mod_authz_ldap module could leak memory. As a consequence, the memory consumption of the httpd process could increase as more requests were processed. This update modifies the underlying code to handle LDAP correctly. Now, the memory consumption as at expected levels.(BZ#643691)

  • Prior to this update, passwords were logged in plain text to the error log when an LDAP bind password was configured if a connection error occurred. This update modifies the underlying code to prevent passwords from being logged in error conditions. (BZ#782442)

All users of mod_authz_ldap are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x

Updated Packages

  • mod_authz_ldap-0.26-16.el6.s390x.rpm
  • mod_authz_ldap-0.26-16.el6.src.rpm
  • mod_authz_ldap-0.26-16.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • mod_authz_ldap-debuginfo-0.26-16.el6.s390x.rpm
  • mod_authz_ldap-0.26-16.el6.i686.rpm
  • mod_authz_ldap-debuginfo-0.26-16.el6.i686.rpm
  • mod_authz_ldap-debuginfo-0.26-16.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mod_authz_ldap-debuginfo-0.26-16.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • mod_authz_ldap-0.26-16.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information