HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2002-1378

Openldap vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Multiple buffer overflows in OpenLDAP2 (OpenLDAP 2) 2.2.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) long -t or -r parameters to slurpd, (2) a malicious ldapfilter.conf file that is not properly handled by getfilter functions, (3) a malicious ldaptemplates.conf that causes an overflow in libldap, (4) a certain access control list that causes an overflow in slapd, or (5) a long generated filename for logging rejected replication requests.
Affected vendor
Openldap
Affected product
Openldap
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2003-01-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-1378

  • Confirm whether Openldap Openldap is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1378.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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