CVE-2006-5779

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenldap
PublishedNov 7, 2006
First seenNov 7, 2006

How to fix

Update
  • openldap openldap2.3.29 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openldap openldapv < 2.3.292.3.29
canonical ubuntu_linux5.10, 6.06, 6.10—

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