CVE-2021-27212

Summary

CVECVE-2021-27212
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-14 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:31:00 UTC
DescriptionIn OpenLDAP through 2.4.57 and 2.5.x through 2.5.1alpha, an assertion failure in slapd can occur in the issuerAndThisUpdateCheck function via a crafted packet, resulting in a denial of service (daemon exit) via a short timestamp. This is related to schema_init.c and checkTime.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 2.5.0 alpha All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.5.1 alpha All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.5.0 alpha All All
Application Openldap Openldap 2.5.1 alpha All All
Application Openldap Openldap All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[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
9454 – A malicious packet can force OpenLDAP to fail an assertion and crash (schema_init.c:3808: checkTime) MISC bugs.openldap.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2574-1] openldap security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4860-1 openldap DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
ITS#9454 fix issuerAndThisUpdateCheck (9badb734) · Commits · openldap / OpenLDAP · GitLab MISC git.openldap.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2021-27212 OpenLDAP Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
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
ITS#9454 fix issuerAndThisUpdateCheck (3539fc33) · Commits · openldap / OpenLDAP · GitLab MISC git.openldap.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
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)
  • 180396 Debian Security Update for openldap (CVE-2021-27212)
  • 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
  • 355117 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for openldap : ALAS2023-2023-177
  • 500481 Alpine Linux Security Update for openldap
  • 501460 Alpine Linux Security Update for openldap
  • 504240 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)
  • 670318 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1906)
  • 670343 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1881)
  • 670371 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1954)
  • 670392 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1933)
  • 670657 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-2415)
  • 670923 EulerOS Security Update for openldap (EulerOS-SA-2021-1933)
  • 750317 OpenSUSE Security Update for openldap2 (openSUSE-SU-2021:0408-1)
  • 900160 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for openldap 2.4.57
  • 901932 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openldap (6771-1)
  • 902849 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openldap (3886)
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