Vulnerability in Openldap
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.
EPSS: 0.754 (99.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Openldap
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 5.10, 6.06, 6.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_TRUSTIX, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-5779?
- CVE-2006-5779 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openldap, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2006-11-07.
- How severe is CVE-2006-5779?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2006-5779 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.