OpenLDAP before 2.3.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via an LDAP request with a malformed…

Description

OpenLDAP before 2.3.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via an LDAP request with a malformed objectClasses attribute. NOTE: this has been reported as a double free, but the reports are inconsistent.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (26)

• 27683 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1018924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 29461 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5119 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:215 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10183 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 29682 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27756 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200803-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• DSA-1541 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2007:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 27596 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [openldap-announce] 20071026 OpenLDAP 2.3.39 available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 27424 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:1038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• USN-551-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440632 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3645 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:1037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 26245 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2007-741 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27587 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 27868 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:39 UTC.