#VU65120 Incorrect Regular Expression in python-ldap - CVE-2021-46823
Published: July 11, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65120
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-46823
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
python-ldap
python-ldap
Software vendor:
python-ldap
python-ldap
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions in the LDAP schema parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.