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Re: stable update: nss-ldapd (#552433: libnss-ldapd: ignores case of uids)



Hi,

On Sonntag, 6. Dezember 2009, Arthur de Jong wrote:
> I brought up bug #552433 here earlier [0] and have been in contact with
> the security team about this but haven't had a definite answer from them
> whether they want (or don't want) to issue an advisory for this.
>
> I'm now convinced this is a security problem because it can result in
> wrong privileges to be assigned and in denial of service (see [1] for
> more information).

Debian Edu would also very much like this to be fixed soon, see 
http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1383 - it's a release blocker for 
our lenny based release as it causes (+has caused already) real world prblems 
as you can read in #1383.


cheers,
	Holger

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