CVE-2017-17740

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-17740
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-18 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-13 19:10:00 UTC
Descriptioncontrib/slapd-modules/nops/nops.c in OpenLDAP through 2.4.45, when both the nops module and the memberof overlay are enabled, attempts to free a buffer that was allocated on the stack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via a member MODDN operation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Policy Auditor All All All All
Application Openldap Openldap All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Oracle Blockchain Platform All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenLDAP ITS - Incoming/8759 MISC www.openldap.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2157-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Security Bulletin - Policy Auditor update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in third-party libraries (CVE-2016-0718, CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2016-5300, CVE-2017-17740, CVE-2017-9287, CVE-2019-13057, CVE-2020-15719, CVE-2019-1543, CVE-2019-1547, CVE-2019-1552, CVE-2019-1563, CVE-2019-8457, CVE-2018-20506, CVE-2018-20346, CVE-2019-16168, CVE-2017-12627) CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2176-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500477 Alpine Linux Security Update for openldap
  • 504235 Alpine Linux Security Update for openldap
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