CVE-2010-0212

openldap: modrdn processing IA5StringNormalize NULL pointer dereference

Published Jul 27, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 5.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenLDAP 2.4.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a modrdn call with a zero-length RDN destination string, which is not properly handled by the smr_normalize function and triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the IA5StringNormalize function in schema_init.c, as demonstrated using the Codenomicon LDAPv3 test suite.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2077-1 New openldap packages fix potential code execution
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-965-1 OpenLDAP vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:37 AM
Reserved
Jan 6, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 28, 2010, 12:48 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:15 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 19, 2010, 12:00 AM