Release of invalid pointer or reference in OpenLDAP - CVE-2020-36224
Published: January 26, 2021 / Updated: February 6, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50398
CSH Severity: 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-2020-36224
CWE-ID: CWE-763
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenLDAP
OpenLDAP
Software vendor:
OpenLDAP.org
OpenLDAP.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to release of an invalid pointer when processing saslAuthzTo requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to slapd and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9409
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/554dff1927176579d652f2fe60c90e9abbad4c65
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/5a2017d4e61a6ddc4dcb4415028e0d08eb6bca26
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/c0b61a9486508e5202aa2e0cfb68c9813731b439
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/d169e7958a3e0dc70f59c8374bf8a59833b7bdd8
- https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/tags/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_57
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00005.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4845