CVE-2006-6493

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6493
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-13 00:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the krbv4_ldap_auth function in servers/slapd/kerberos.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.3 and earlier, when OpenLDAP is compiled with the --enable-kbind (Kerberos KBIND) option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP bind request using the LDAP_AUTH_KRBV41 authentication method and long credential data.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openldap Openldap 1.0 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.0.1 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.0.2 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.0.3 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.1 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.1.0 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.1.1 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.1.2 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.1.3 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.1.4 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.0 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.1 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.10 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.11 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.12 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.13 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.2 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.3 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.4 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.5 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.6 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.7 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.8 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 1.2.9 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.0 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.1 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.10 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.11 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.11_11 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.11_11s All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.11_9 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.12 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.13 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.14 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.15 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.16 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.17 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.18 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.19 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.2 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.20 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.21 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.22 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.23 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.24 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.25 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.26 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.27 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.3 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.4 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.5 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.6 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.7 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.8 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.0.9 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.10 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.11 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.12 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.13 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.14 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.15 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.16 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.17 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.18 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.19 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.2 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.20 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.21 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.22 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.23 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.24 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.25 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.26 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.27 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.28 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.29 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.3 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.30 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.4 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.5 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.6 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.7 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.8 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1.9 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.1_.20 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.0 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.1 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.10 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.11 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.12 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.13 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.14 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.15 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.16 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.17 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.18 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.19 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.20 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.21 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.22 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.23 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.24 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.25 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.26 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.27 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.28_r2 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.4 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.5 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.6 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.7 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.8 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.2.9 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.27_2_2006-10-18 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.28_2006-10-22 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.28_2_2006-10-22 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.28_e1.0.0 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenLDAP "krbv4_ldap_auth()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityReason - OpenLDAP kbind authentication buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
openldap-kbind-p00f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phreedom.org Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-12-19Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. OpenLDAP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 does not support the LDAP_AUTH_KRBV41 authentication method.

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