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CVE-2007-5708

slapo-pcache (overlays/pcache.c) in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.3.39, when running as a proxy-caching server, allocates memory using a malloc variant instead of calloc, which prevents an array from being initialized properly and might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via unknown vectors that prevent the array from being null terminated.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2007-5708 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from openldap organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2007, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2007-10-30T19:46:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	openldap	openldap	1.0	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.0.1	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.0.2	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.0.3	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.1	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.1.0	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.1.1	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.1.2	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.1.3	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.1.4	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.0	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.1	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.2	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.3	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.4	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.5	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.6	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.7	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.8	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.9	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.10	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.11	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.12	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	1.2.13	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.0	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.1	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.2	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.3	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.4	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.5	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.6	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.7	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.8	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.9	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.10	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.11	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.11_9	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.11_11	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.11_11s	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.12	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.13	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.14	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.15	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.16	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.17	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.18	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.19	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.20	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.21	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.22	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.23	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.24	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.25	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.26	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.0.27	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.2	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.3	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.4	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.5	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.6	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.7	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.8	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.9	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.10	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.11	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.12	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.13	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.14	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.15	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.16	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.17	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.18	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.19	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.20	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.21	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.22	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.23	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.24	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.25	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.26	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.27	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.28	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.29	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1.30	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.1_.20	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.0	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.1	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.4	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.5	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.6	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.7	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.8	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.9	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.10	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.11	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.12	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.13	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.14	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.15	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.16	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.17	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.18	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.19	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.20	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.21	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.22	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.23	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.24	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.25	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.26	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.27	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.28_r2	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.2.29_rev_1.134	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.3.27_2.20061018	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.3.28_2.20061022	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.3.28_20061022	Yes
Application	openldap	openldap	2.3.28_e1.0.0	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/27424 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27683 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27756 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27868 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29225 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29461 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29682 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-28.xml ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1541 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:058 ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html ([email protected])
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5163 ([email protected])
http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-announce/200710/msg00001.html Patch ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00460.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26245 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-551-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3645 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27424 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27683 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27756 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27868 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29225 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29461 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29682 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-28.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1541 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:058 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5163 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-announce/200710/msg00001.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00460.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26245 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-551-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3645 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For openldap's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.