CVE-2015-6908
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
02 Description
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
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
- 18.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.2% 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
- Important. 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
- 2015-09-11 16:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-11
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7f28c86b81a1c43079bfb23cd2bceff698d900c87575e706c77042e0e0127b97
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com76714http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76714
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- www.security-assessment.comhttp://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/OpenLDAP-ber_get_next-Denial-of-Service.pdf
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT205637
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0255http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00037.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0224http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00031.html
- www.openldap.orghttp://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fe51a9ab04fd28bbc171da3cf12f1c1040d6629
- www.debian.orgDSA-3356http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3356
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2742-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2742-1
- www.openldap.orghttp://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=8240
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1840http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1840.html
- www.securitytracker.com1033534http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033534
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0261http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00039.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0262http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00040.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0226http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00032.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.42+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.42+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.42+dfsg-2
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+nmu2ubuntu8.2
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.