High severity · published Nov 7, 2006
CVE-2006-5779
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
7.5
CVSS
76.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)76.9% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openldap · Openldap
before 2.3.29 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
5.10; 6.06; 6.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5779
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5779
Broken Link
http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz
Broken Link
http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22750
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22953
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22996
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23125
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