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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-5779

OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 75.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 75.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
75.89% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-617
Affected
openldap/openldap · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.