Improper Authorization in OpenLDAP - CVE-2019-13057
Published: July 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19561
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13057
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenLDAP.org
Affected software:
OpenLDAP
OpenLDAP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of rootDN delegation in the OpenLDAP multi-tenant deployments. A database administrator could use this issue to request authorization as an identity from another database, contrary to expectations.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13057
Install updates from vendor's website.