Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference Affecting openldap.org package, versions [,2.4.57)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.58% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENLDAPORG-2318913
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed26 Jan 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Jan 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade openldap.org to version 2.4.57 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference. 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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