CVE-2020-12243
In filter.c in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.50, LDAP search filters with nested boolean expressions can result in denial of service (daemon crash).
02 Description
In filter.c in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.50, LDAP search filters with nested boolean expressions can result in denial of service (daemon crash).
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
- 4.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
- 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
- 2020-04-28 18:07Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 09:06Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-04-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- aed8e90c1751966e80eef125fa84e61f1e7e959d4268ba3386c89af3b4c57c65
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-4666https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4666
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200502 [SECURITY] [DLA 2199-1] openldap security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00001.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4352-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4352-2/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0647http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00016.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4352-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4352-1/
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- bugs.openldap.orghttps://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9202
- git.openldap.orghttps://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/blob/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4/CHANGES
- git.openldap.orghttps://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/98464c11df8247d6a11b52e294ba5dd4f0380440
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0003/
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.50+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.50+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.50+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.8
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.45+dfsg-1ubuntu1.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.49+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
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.