OpenLDAP Lets Remote Users Crash the slapd Daemon With Specially Crafted objectClasses Attributes
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018924 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1018924
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-5707
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Nov 8 2007
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 2.3.39
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in OpenLDAP. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send an LDAP request with a specially crafted objectClasses attribute to cause the target slapd service to crash.
Thomas Sesselmann reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the slapd daemon to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (2.3.39).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5119
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Vendor URL: www.openldap.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 16:03:28 -0500
Subject: OpenLDAP
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http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5119
CVE-2007-5707
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