Reachable Assertion Affecting openldap2 package, versions <2.4.46-9.48.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.69% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-OPENLDAP2-2689724
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed8 Mar 2021

Introduced: 8 Mar 2021

CVE-2020-36230  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 openldap2 to version 2.4.46-9.48.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openldap2 package and not the openldap2 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading in an assertion failure in slapd in the X.509 DN parsing in decode.c ber_next_element, resulting in denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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