CVE-2015-6908

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-09-09

Description

A flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) parsed certain BER data. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by using a specially crafted packet to crash the OpenLDAP server (denial of service). The server could be crashed even when running in daemon mode.

See more information about CVE-2015-6908 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (openldap)	ELSA-2015-1840	2015-09-29
Oracle Linux version 6 (openldap)	ELSA-2015-1840	2015-09-29
Oracle Linux version 7 (openldap)	ELSA-2015-1840	2015-09-29
Oracle VM version 3.2 (openldap)	OVMSA-2016-0069	2016-06-20
Oracle VM version 3.3 (openldap)	OVMSA-2015-0123	2015-09-29
Oracle VM version 3.4 (openldap)	OVMSA-2015-0123	2015-09-29

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