CVE-2020-25710: High severity red hat openldap servers vulnerability

Published Nov 19, 2020
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Updated

A flaw was found in OpenLDAP in versions before 2.4.56. This flaw allows an attacker who sends a malicious packet processed by OpenLDAP to force a failed assertion in csnNormalize23(). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Other sources

A malicious packet can force OpenLDAP to fail an assertion in csnNormalize23 function in servers/slapd/schemainit.c.

Reference: https://bugs.openldap.org/showbug.cgi?id=9384

Upstream patch: https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/bdb0d459187522a6063df13871b82ba8dcc6efe2

Red Hat

Affected Software

11 affected componentsFixes available
debian/openldap
2.4.47+dfsg-3+deb10u72.4.57+dfsg-3+deb11u12.5.13+dfsg-5
redhat/openldap<2.4.56
2.4.56
openldap OpenLDAP<2.4.56
redhat JBoss Core Services
redhat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform=5.0.0
redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Server=2.0.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=5.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=6.0
redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=33

Event History

Nov 19, 2020
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·07:03 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
May 28, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:20 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:20 AM
DescriptionWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this flaw in OpenLDAP?

The vulnerability ID of this flaw in OpenLDAP is CVE-2020-25710.

2

What is the severity rating of CVE-2020-25710?

The severity rating of CVE-2020-25710 is 7.5 (High).

3

What is the highest threat from CVE-2020-25710?

The highest threat from CVE-2020-25710 is to system availability.

4

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2020-25710?

Versions of OpenLDAP before 2.4.56 are affected by CVE-2020-25710.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-25710?

You can find more information about CVE-2020-25710 at the following references: [Link 1](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899678), [Link 2](https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/ab3915154e69920d480205b4bf5ccb2b391a0a1f#a2feb6ed0257c21c6672793ee2f94eaadc10c72c), [Link 3](https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E).

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