CVE-2006-0452
dn2ancestor in the LDAP component in Fedora Directory Server 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a ModDN operation with a DN that contains a large number of "," (comma) characters, which results in a…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.63%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
dn2ancestor in the LDAP component in Fedora Directory Server 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a ModDN operation with a DN that contains a large number of "," (comma) characters, which results in a large amount of recursion, as demonstrated using the ProtoVer LDAP test suite.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.63% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- redhat/fedora core
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179137
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18960
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16677
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24796
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179137
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18960
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16677
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24796
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.