SB2017053105 - Denial of service in OpenLDAP
Published: May 31, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017053105
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Double free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9287)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a double free error within servers/slapd/back-mdb/search.c when processing search requests, which include the Paged Results control with a page size of 0. A remote authenticated attacker can issue a directory search and crash the slapd daemon.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow a remote authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.