Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package openldap  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-OPENLDAP-1064836
  • published26 Jan 2021
  • disclosed26 Jan 2021

Introduced: 26 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-36224  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-763  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openldap package and not the openldap package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.

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