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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.

Published

2006-11-07T18:07:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-617

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	openldap	openldap	< 2.3.29	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	5.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.06	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.10	Yes

References

http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz Broken Link, Exploit ([email protected])
http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml Broken Link, Exploit ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22750 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22953 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22996 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23125 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23133 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23152 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23170 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1831 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017166 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:208 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740 Exploit, Issue Tracking ([email protected])
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.033-openldap.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450728/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/ Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30076 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz Broken Link, Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml Broken Link, Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22750 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22953 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22996 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23125 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23133 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23152 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23170 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1831 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017166 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:208 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740 Exploit, Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.033-openldap.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450728/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/ Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30076 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)