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OpenLDAP BIND Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA22750
Release Date: 2006-11-07
Last Update: 2006-11-09
Popularity: 8,836 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:OpenLDAP 2.1.x
OpenLDAP 2.2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5779


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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