National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5708
Original release date:10/30/2007
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
slapo-pcache (overlays/pcache.c) in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.3.39, when running as a proxy-caching server, allocates memory using a malloc variant instead of calloc, which prevents an array from being initialized properly and might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via unknown vectors that prevent the array from being null terminated.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (11/01/2007)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenLDAP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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External Source: BID
Name: 26245
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MLIST
Name: [openldap-announce] 20071026 OpenLDAP 2.3.39 available
Type: Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3645
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27424
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-551-1
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-741
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5163
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:024
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:058
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29225
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27868
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27756
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27683
Type: Advisory
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1541
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200803-28
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29682
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29461