SB2020103045 - Reachable Assertion in openldap (Alpine package)
Published: October 30, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020103045
Severity
Medium
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) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25710)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when processing LDAP requests in slapd within the csnNormalize23() function in schema_init.c. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted packet to the server, trigger an assertion failure and crash the daemon.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.