OSVDB ID: 1905

Title: OpenLDAP slapd Invalid BER Length Field DoS

Info

Disclosure

Jul 16, 2001

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

OpenLDAP contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when an invalid length field in the Basic Encoding Rules (BER)is sent, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.12 or 2.0.8 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

OpenLDAP Foundation

OpenLDAP

1.0
1.0.1
1.0.2
1.0.3
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.2
1.2.1
1.2.10
1.2.11
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.2.4
1.2.5
1.2.6
1.2.7
1.2.8
1.2.9
2.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.0.4
2.0.5
2.0.6
2.0.7

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete



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