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OpenLDAP < 2.4.55 DoS Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

OpenLDAP is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

A NULL pointer dereference was found in OpenLDAP server during a request for renaming RDNs. An unauthenticated attacker could remotely crash the slapd process by sending a specially crafted request, causing a denial of service.

Affected Software

Affected Software

OpenLDAP prior to version 2.4.55.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 2.4.55 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)