Fedora 25 update for openldap



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-9287
CWE-ID CWE-415
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

openldap
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Double free error

EUVDB-ID: #VU6842

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9287

CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 25

openldap: before 2.4.44-11.fc25

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-1ca18683e4


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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