MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0658

Openldap vulnerability

CVSS
4.0
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Openldap
Affected product
Openldap
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-02-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0658

  • Confirm whether Openldap Openldap is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0658.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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