CVE-2015-1545
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-02-12 16:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-02-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 951cce087222aec72aa4f3a01d1d5173c683abedc832d04b40d26e015ce4ba1a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com72519http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72519
- www.openldap.orghttp://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c32e74763f77675b9e144126e375977ed6dc562c
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT204659
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenldap-cve20151545-dos(100937)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100937
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776988
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3209http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3209
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1325http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00069.html
- www.securitytracker.com1032399http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032399
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:073http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:073
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:074http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:074
- www.openldap.orghttp://www.openldap.org/its/?findid=8027
- secunia.com62787http://secunia.com/advisories/62787
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150207 Re: CVE request: two OpenLDAP DoS issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/3
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- seclists.org20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierrahttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- seclists.org20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierrahttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.40-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.40-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.40-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.