modrdn.c in slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.x before 2.4.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a relative…

Description

modrdn.c in slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.x before 2.4.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a relative Distinguished Name (DN) modification request (aka MODRDN operation) that contains an empty value for the OldDN field.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

14.5% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• GLSA-201406-36 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• openldap-modrdnc-dos(66239) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request -- OpenLDAP -- two issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110301 Re: CVE Request -- OpenLDAP -- two issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=6768 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [openldap-announce] 20110212 OpenLDAP 2.4.24 available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=674985 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0347 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110228 Re: CVE Request -- OpenLDAP -- two issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110228 Re: CVE Request -- OpenLDAP -- two issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 43718 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-1100-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1025191 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0665 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 43331 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680975 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/servers/slapd/modrdn.c.diff?r1=1.170.2.8&r2=1.170.2.9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 22:14 UTC.