CVE-2003-1201

OpenLDAP < 2.1.12 - Denial of Service via Uninitialized Pointer in back-ldbm

Title source: llm

Description

ldbm_back_exop_passwd in the back-ldbm backend in passwd.c for OpenLDAP 2.1.12 and earlier, when the slap_passwd_parse function does not return LDAP_SUCCESS, attempts to free an uninitialized pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault).

References (8)

Core 8

Core References

Broken Link, Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_conectiva

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000685

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://www.osvdb.org/17000

Broken Link, Patch third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/11261

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-12.xml

Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7656

Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=2390

Broken Link, Patch third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/9203

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12520

Scores

EPSS 0.0260

EPSS Percentile 83.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-824

Status published

Products (1)

openldap/openldap < 2.1.12

Published Mar 20, 2003

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026