OpenLDAP Null Pointer Dereference in deref_parseCtrl() Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1032399 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1032399
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2015-1545
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 26 2015
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 2.4.13 through 2.4.40
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in OpenLDAP. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to trigger a null pointer dereference in deref_parseCtrl() in 'servers/slapd/overlays/deref.c' and cause the target slapd service to crash.
An empty attribute list in a deref control can trigger this flaw.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target slapd service to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a source code fix [in January 2015], available at:
http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git;a=commit;h=c32e74763f77675b9e144126e375977ed6dc562c
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Vendor URL: www.openldap.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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