OpenLDAP "UTF8StringNormalize()" Off-by-One Denial of Service Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Oct 2011 14:59
Release Date:
28 Oct 2011
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RISK: Medium Risk
TYPE: Servers - Other Servers
A vulnerability has been identified in OpenLDAP, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a Denial of Service.
The vulnerability is caused due to an off-by-one error in the "UTF8StringNormalize()" function when NULL terminating a string. This can be exploited to crash the daemon via e.g. an empty "postalAddressAttribute" value.
Impact
- Denial of Service
System / Technologies affected
- OpenLDAP 2.4.x
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Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
Fixed in the GIT repository.
git://git.openldap.org/openldap.git
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