CVE-2007-5707

Description

OpenLDAP before 2.3.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via an LDAP request with a malformed objectClasses attribute. NOTE: this has been reported as a double free, but the reports are inconsistent.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.44% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27683 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018924 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29461 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5119
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:215 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10183 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29682 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27756 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-28.xml vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1541 vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27596 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-announce/200710/msg00001.html patch mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/27424 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1038.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-551-1 vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=440632
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3645 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1037.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26245 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00460.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://secunia.com/advisories/27587 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27868 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5707?
CVE-2007-5707 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5707?
To fix CVE-2007-5707, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5707 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5707 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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