Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting openldap.org package, versions [,2.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENLDAPORG-2318901
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed19 Feb 2003
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Feb 2003

CVE-2002-1508  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openldap.org to version 2.2.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution slapd in OpenLDAP2 (OpenLDAP 2) 2.2.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a race condition during the creation of a log file for rejected replication requests.

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