CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-6908
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The ber_get_next function in libraries/liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and application crash) via crafted BER data, as demonstrated by an attack against slapd.
Affected configurations
• openldap openldap (<= 2.4.42)
• apple mac os x (<= 10.11.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00031.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00032.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00037.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00039.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00040.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1840.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3356 www.debian.org
- http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fe51a9ab04fd28bbc171da3cf12f1c1040d6629 www.openldap.org
- http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=8240 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/OpenLDAP-ber_get_next-Denial-of-Service.pdf www.security-assessment.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76714 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033534 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2742-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637 support.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00031.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00032.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00037.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00039.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00040.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1840.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3356 www.debian.org
- http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fe51a9ab04fd28bbc171da3cf12f1c1040d6629 www.openldap.org
- http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=8240 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/OpenLDAP-ber_get_next-Denial-of-Service.pdf www.security-assessment.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76714 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033534 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2742-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637 support.apple.com