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BIT-openldap-2020-25709

BIT-openldap-2020-25709: High severity openldap OpenLDAP vulnerability

Published May 18, 2021

Updated

A flaw was found in OpenLDAP. This flaw allows an attacker who can send a malicious packet to be processed by OpenLDAP’s slapd server, to trigger an assertion failure. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Affected Software

1 affected component

openldap OpenLDAP

Event History

May 18, 2021

CVE Published

via OSV·12:15 PM

Data Sourced

via OSV·12:15 PM

DescriptionSeverity

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is exposed to this issue?

Systems running the OpenLDAP slapd server are exposed if an attacker can send a malicious packet to that server. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely without privileges or user interaction.

What is the likely impact of successful exploitation?

A malicious packet can trigger an assertion failure in slapd. The stated primary impact is loss of system availability.

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