Resource Management Errors Affecting openldap.org package, versions [,2.3.29)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
84.42% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENLDAPORG-2318875
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed7 Nov 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Nov 2006

CVE-2006-5779  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openldap.org to version 2.3.29 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.

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