Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2023-2953 |
CWE-ID | CWE-476 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
OpenLDAP Server applications / Directory software, identity management |
Vendor | OpenLDAP.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU77252
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2953
CWE-ID:
Exploit availability:
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the ber_memalloc_x() function. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsOpenLDAP: 2.3.4 - 2.5.13
Fixed software versionsCPE2.3 External links
http://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9904
http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2953
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