Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU16671

#VU16671 Stack-based buffer overflow in OpenLDAP - CVE-2017-17740

Published: December 24, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU16671

Vulnerability risk: Low

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:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17740

CWE-ID: CWE-121

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
OpenLDAP

Software vendor:
OpenLDAP.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error шт contrib/slapd-modules/nops/nops.c when both the nops module and the memberof overlay are enabled. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and cause slapd crash via a member MODDN operation.

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

External links

http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Incoming?id=8759