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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.769 (99.5th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.763 · newest: 0.769 · change: +0.006
Affected products
- Openldap
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 5.10, 6.06, 6.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/23133 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml (Exploit, Broken Link)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820 (Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/23170 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/ (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379 (vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
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.