#VU34914 Off-by-one in OpenLDAP and Debian Linux - CVE-2014-8182
Published: January 3, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34914
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-2014-8182
CWE-ID: CWE-193
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenLDAP
Debian Linux
OpenLDAP
Debian Linux
Software vendor:
OpenLDAP.org
Debian
OpenLDAP.org
Debian
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An off-by-one error leading to a crash was discovered in openldap 2.4 when processing DNS SRV messages. If slapd was configured to use the dnssrv backend, an attacker could crash the service with crafted DNS responses.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.