CVE-2011-4079

openldap: one-byte buffer overflow in slapd

Published Oct 27, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 4.0 Medium EPSS 3.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
Off-by-one error in the UTF8StringNormalize function in OpenLDAP 2.4.26 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via a zero-length string that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an empty postalAddressAttribute value in an LDIF entry.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4030 Off-by-one error in the UTF8StringNormalize function in OpenLDAP 2.4.26 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via a zero-length string that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an empty postalAddressAttribute value in an LDIF entry.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1266-1 OpenLDAP vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:53 PM
Reserved
Oct 18, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 27, 2011, 8:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:34 PM
Severity
Public date
Oct 6, 2011, 12:00 AM