CVE-2008-2952

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2952
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-01 21:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionliblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.2.4 to 2.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program termination) via crafted ASN.1 BER datagrams that trigger an assertion error.

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-399 | 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 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 2.3.10 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.11 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.12 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.13 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.14 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.15 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.16 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.17 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.18 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.19 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.20 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.21 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.22 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.23 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.24 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.25 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.26 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.27 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.28 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.29 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.30 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.31 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.32 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.33 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.34 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.35 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.36 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.37 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.38 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.39 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.4 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.40 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.41 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.42 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.43 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.5 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.6 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.7 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.8 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.3.9 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: openldap DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian update for openldap - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenLDAP ITS - Software Bugs/5580 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openldap.org
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenLDAP BER Decoding Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2008-07-31 Security Update 2008-005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for openldap - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:144 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
OpenLDAP ITS - Software Bugs/5580 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openldap.org
USN-634-1: OpenLDAP vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: openldap-2.3.39-4.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2645 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenLDAP: Denial of Service vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat update for openldap - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: openldap DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0249 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1650-1 openldap2.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
OpenLDAP ASN.1 BER Decoding Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for openldap - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Zero Day Initiative af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zerodayinitiative.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Ubuntu update for OpenLDAP - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
OpenLDAP ber_get_next() Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: openldap-2.4.8-6.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
OpenLDAP ITS - Software Bugs/5580 MITRE www.openldap.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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