CVE-2011-1081

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1081
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-20 02:00:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionmodrdn.c in slapd in OpenLDAP 2.4.x before 2.4.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a relative Distinguished Name (DN) modification request (aka MODRDN operation) that contains an empty value for the OldDN field.

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 2.4.10 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.11 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.12 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.13 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.14 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.15 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.16 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.17 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.18 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.19 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.20 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.21 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.22 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.23 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.6 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.7 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.8 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1100-1: OpenLDAP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
OpenLDAP modrdn Request Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- OpenLDAP -- two issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:055 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
680975 – (CVE-2011-1081) CVE-2011-1081 openldap: DoS when submitting special MODRDN request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
OpenLDAP Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
OpenLDAP ITS - Software Bugs/6768 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openldap.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- OpenLDAP -- two issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/servers/slapd/modrdn.c.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openldap.org Patch
Red Hat update for openldap - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- OpenLDAP -- two issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:056 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
OpenLDAP 2.4.24 available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openldap.org Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- OpenLDAP -- two issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenLDAP: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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