OpenLDAP 2.3.39 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in OpenLDAP 2.3.39. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-0658. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in OpenLDAP 2.3.39 (Directory Service Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

slapd/back-bdb/modrdn.c in the BDB backend for slapd in OpenLDAP 2.3.39 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a modrdn operation with a NOOP (LDAP_X_NO_OPERATION) control, a related issue to CVE-2007-6698.

The bug was discovered 02/07/2008. The weakness was presented 02/13/2008 by Ralf Haferkamp with SuSE.de (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0658 since 02/07/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31076 (Fedora 7 : openldap-2.3.34-7.fc7 (2008-1616)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117353 (CentOS Security Update for OpenLDAP (CESA-2008:0110)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40785), Tenable (31076), SecurityFocus (BID 27778†), OSVDB (41948†) and Secunia (SA28914†). See VDB-40807, VDB-50761, VDB-50760 and VDB-50759 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31076
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : openldap-2.3.34-7.fc7 (2008-1616)
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OpenVAS ID: 60787
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1541-1 (openldap2.3)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/22/2008 +8 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Ralf Haferkamp
Organization: SuSE.de
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0658 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0658
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41033

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X-Force: 40785
SecurityFocus: 27778 - OpenLDAP MODRDN Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 28914
OSVDB: 41948 - CVE-2008-0658 - OpenLDAP - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019481
Vulnerability Center: 17690 - OpenLDAP Vulnerability Allows Remote Authenticated Users to Cause DoS via Modrdn.c, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0536

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/05/2019 18:38
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (73), 08/05/2019 18:38 (14)
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Cache ID: 216:0B5:103

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