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CVE-2006-5779 Details

Description

OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz CVEBroken LinkExploit
http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml CVEBroken LinkExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/22750 CVEBroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22953 CVEBroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22996 CVEBroken LinkVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-617Reachable Assertion[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openldap openldap
< 2.3.29

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
5.10
6.06
6.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5779
NVD Published Date:
Nov 7, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2006-5779 Details - Not Deferred