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CVE-2020-36230

Published: Jan 25, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-617
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
12.3%
Top 4.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading in an assertion failure in slapd in the X.509 DN parsing in decode.c ber_next_element, resulting in denial of service.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-617

Affected Products

openldapopenldap
On-premSecurity Product
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mac os xapple
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
macosapple
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
bookkeeperapache
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
openldaposs-projectSecurity Productsaka openldap-servers
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
applecommercialUSMobile Appsaka apple inc., apple computer
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Impact
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References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/64
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/65
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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/70
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Timeline

Published
Jan 25, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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