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OpenLDAP BIND Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22750
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Release Date:
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2006-11-07
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Last Update:
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2006-11-09
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Popularity:
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8,342 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| Software: | OpenLDAP 2.1.x
OpenLDAP 2.2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5779
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Description:
Evgeny Legerov has reported a vulnerability in OpenLDAP, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing certain BIND requests. This can be exploited to cause a crash by sending specially crafted BIND requests to an OpenLDAP server.
The vulnerability is reported in OpenLDAP version 2.2.29. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in the CVS repository.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Evgeny Legerov
Changelog:
2006-11-08: Added CVE reference.
2006-11-09: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740
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