CVE-2003-1201

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-1201
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-20 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionldbm_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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-824 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openldap Openldap All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenLDAP LDBM_Back_Exop_Passwd Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br Broken Link, Patch
OpenLDAP ITS - Message 2390 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openldap.org Issue Tracking, Patch
www.osvdb.org/17000 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenLDAP DoS Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for OpenLDAP af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Conectiva update for OpenLDAP af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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