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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-25692: openldap vulnerability with slapd normalization handling with modrdn

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-25692: openldap vulnerability with slapd normalization handling with modrdn

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/08/2020
Created
01/06/2021
Added
01/05/2021
Modified
01/05/2021

Description

A NULL pointer dereference was found in OpenLDAP server and was fixed in openldap 2.4.55, during a request for renaming RDNs. An unauthenticated attacker could remotely crash the slapd process by sending a specially crafted request, causing a Denial of Service.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-openldap

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