Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference Affecting openldap package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.34% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-OPENLDAP-1401221
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 26 Jan 2021

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 openldap.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openldap package and not the openldap package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an invalid pointer free and slapd crash in the saslAuthzTo processing, resulting in denial of service.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.5 high
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SUSE

7.5 high