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High
CVE-2006-5779
OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial...
Vulnerability Description
OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23133
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.html
- http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23170
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017166
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:208
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30076
- http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23152
- http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22996
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.033-openldap.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22953
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23125
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450728/100/0/threaded
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1831
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22750
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Affected Vendor
openldap
View all reports →Affected Software
openldap, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 5.10, 6.06, 6.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 7th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.