OpenLDAP BIND denial of service
| openldap-bind-dos (30076) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
OpenLDAP is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by an error when processing BIND requests. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted BIND request to cause the server to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.9 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
For Mandriva Linux:
Refer to Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:208 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Ubuntu Linux:
Refer to USN-384-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200611-25 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- GLEG Ltd. Web site: VulnDisco Pack for Metasploit.
- BID-20939: OpenLDAP Server Bind Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-5779: OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.
- GLSA-200611-25: OpenLDAP: Denial of Service vulnerability
- MDKSA-2006:208: Updated openldap packages fixes Bind vulnerability
- MDKSA-2006:208-1: Updated openldap packages fixes Bind vulnerability
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.033: OpenLDAP
- OSVDB ID: 30226: OpenLDAP SASL authcid Name BIND Request DoS
- SA22750: OpenLDAP BIND Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1017166: OpenLDAP BIND Request Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- SUSE-SA:2006:072: openldap2 denial of service problem
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.10
- Gentoo Linux
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- Novell Linux Desktop 9
- Novell Linux POS 9
- Novell Open Enterprise Server
- Novell Open Enterprise Server
- Novell UnitedLinux 1.0
- OpenLDAP OpenLDAP 2.2.29
- OpenPKG OpenPKG 2-STABLE
- OpenPKG OpenPKG CURRENT
- OpenPKG OpenPKG Enterprise E1.0-SOLID
- SuSE SuSE Linux Retail Solution 8
- SuSE SuSE SLED 10
- SuSE SuSE SLES 10
- SuSE SuSE SLES 9
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Server
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0
Reported:
Nov 06, 2006
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