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This issue affects: SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY openldap2-client-openssl1 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.26-0.74.13.1,. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-9.31.1. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.41-18.71.2. openSUSE Leap 15.1 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1. openSUSE Leap 15.2 openldap2 versions prior to 2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1.", "affected": [ { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Enterprise Storage 5", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.26-0.74.13.1," } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.26-0.74.13.1," } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.26-0.74.13.1," } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2-client-openssl1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.26-0.74.13.1" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.26-0.74.13.1," } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.46-9.31.1" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.46-9.31.1" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "SUSE", "product": "SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.41-18.71.2" } ] }, { "vendor": "openSUSE", "product": "openSUSE Leap 15.1", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.46-lp151.10.12.1" } ] }, { "vendor": "openSUSE", "product": "openSUSE Leap 15.2", "versions": [ { "version": "openldap2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "lessThan": "2.4.46-lp152.14.3.1" } ] } ] } } }