CVE-2013-4449

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4449
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-05 18:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.687470000 probability, percentile 0.986360000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
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 2.4.24 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.25 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.26 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.27 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.28 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.29 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.30 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.31 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.32 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.33 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.34 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.4.35 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
Application Openldap Openldap All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:026 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
OpenLDAP ITS - Incoming/7723 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openldap.org
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: slapd segfaults on certain queries with rwm overlay enabled af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
OpenLDAP RWM Overlay Reference Counting Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3209-1 openldap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
OpenLDAP 'rwm_conn_destroy' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 1019490 – CVE-2013-4449 openldap: segfault on certain queries with rwm overlay af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
2016-04 Security Bulletin: CTP Series: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTP Series - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
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