CVE-2020-36227

Summary

CVECVE-2020-36227
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-26 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:22:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an infinite loop in slapd with the cancel_extop Cancel operation, resulting in denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Openldap Openldap All All All All
Application Openldap Openldap All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_57 · Tags · openldap / OpenLDAP · GitLab MISC git.openldap.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
9428 – DoS due to infinite packet processing in slapd MISC bugs.openldap.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.4 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4845-1 openldap DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2021-05-25-3 Security Update 2021-004 Mojave FULLDISC seclists.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2021-05-25-4 Security Update 2021-003 Catalina FULLDISC seclists.org
ITS#9428 fix cancel exop (9d0e8485) · Commits · openldap / OpenLDAP · GitLab MISC git.openldap.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
February 2021 OpenLDAP Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
About the security content of Security Update 2021-003 Catalina - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2021-05-25-2 macOS Big Sur 11.4 FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2544-1] openldap security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of Security Update 2021-004 Mojave - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174780 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for openldap2 (SUSE-SU-2021:0692-1)
  • 174783 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for openldap2 (SUSE-SU-2021:0723-1)
  • 174918 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openldap2 (SUSE-SU-2021:14700-1)
  • 296069 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 31.88.5 Missing (CPUJAN2021)
  • 354907 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for openldap : ALAS2-2023-2033
  • 354925 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for openldap : ALAS-2023-1741
  • 355082 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for openldap : AL2012-2023-407
  • 375585 Apple macOS Security Update 2021-004 Mojave (HT212531)
  • 375586 Apple macOS Security Update 2021-003 Catalina (HT212530)
  • 375588 Apple MacOS Big Sur 11.4 Not Installed (HT212529)
  • 501459 Alpine Linux Security Update for openldap
  • 504239 Alpine Linux Security Update for openldap
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 670252 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1824)
  • 670305 EulerOS Security Update for compat-openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1771)
  • 670308 EulerOS Security Update for compat-openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1916)
  • 670318 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1906)
  • 670343 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1881)
  • 670603 EulerOS Security Update for compat-openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-2361)
  • 670657 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-2415)
  • 730121 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-3484,WP-3744,WP-3745,WP-3746,WP-3747,WP-3793,WP-3800)
  • 750317 OpenSUSE Security Update for openldap2 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0408-1)
  • 900145 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for openldap 2.4.50
  • 902825 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openldap (3827)
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