CVE-2015-1545
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The deref_parseCtrl function in servers/slapd/overlays/deref.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.13 through 2.4.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an empty attribute list in a deref control in a search request.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.4.40-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.4.40-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.4.40-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.4.40-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.4.40-4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.13 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.14 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.15 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.16 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.17 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.18 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.19 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.20 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.21 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.22 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.23 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.24 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.25 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.26 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.27 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.28 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.29 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.30 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.31 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.32 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.33 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.34 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.35 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.36 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.37 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.38 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.39 | |
| openldap | openldap | 2.4.40 | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00069.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62787
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3209
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:073
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:074
- http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c32e74763f77675b9e144126e375977ed6dc562c
- http://www.openldap.org/its/?findid=8027
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72519
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032399
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776988
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100937
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1545
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.