The deref_parseCtrl function in servers/slapd/overlays/deref.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.13 through 2.4.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

Description

The deref_parseCtrl function in servers/slapd/overlays/deref.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.13 through 2.4.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an empty attribute list in a deref control in a search request.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

11.1% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

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

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (18)

• 72519 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c32e74763f77675b9e144126e375977ed6dc562c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT204659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openldap-cve20151545-dos(100937) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776988 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1325 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 1032399 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://www.openldap.org/its/?findid=8027 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 62787 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150207 Re: CVE request: two OpenLDAP DoS issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2015-1545](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2015-1545.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-1545)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 04:47 UTC.