Resource Exhaustion Affecting openldap package, versions <2.4.50-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.16% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-OPENLDAP-1927328
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed28 Apr 2020

Introduced: 28 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-12243  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 openldap to version 2.4.50-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openldap package and not the openldap package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

In filter.c in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.50, LDAP search filters with nested boolean expressions can result in denial of service (daemon crash).

CVSS Scores

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