THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-6908
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-6908

Openldap vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
20.0%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The ber_get_next function in libraries/liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and application crash) via crafted BER data, as demonstrated by an attack against slapd.
Affected vendor
Openldap
Affected product
Openldap
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2015-09-11

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 availability.

Its EPSS score of 20.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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