CVE-2012-2668
libraries/libldap/tls_m.c in OpenLDAP, possibly 2.4.31 and earlier, when using the Mozilla NSS backend, always uses the default cipher suite even when TLSCipherSuite is set, which might cause OpenLDAP to use weaker ciphers than intended and make it…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
libraries/libldap/tls_m.c in OpenLDAP, possibly 2.4.31 and earlier, when using the Mozilla NSS backend, always uses the default cipher suite even when TLSCipherSuite is set, which might cause OpenLDAP to use weaker ciphers than intended and make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.91% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- openldap/openldap
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 3.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=676309
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1151.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-36.xml
- http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2c2bb2e
- http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=7285
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53823
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027127
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825875
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76099
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=676309
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1151.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-36.xml
- http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2c2bb2e
- http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=7285
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53823
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027127
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825875
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76099
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.