CVE-2020-36230
A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading in an assertion failure in slapd in the X.509 DN parsing in decode.c ber_next_element, resulting in denial of service.
02 Description
A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading in an assertion failure in slapd in the X.509 DN parsing in decode.c ber_next_element, resulting in denial of service.
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
- 12.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% 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
- 2021-01-25 09:43Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 09:45Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7fcc589d2f85d2866ddaccec81028e9f7b39a701bd86b76daf5d169f6a80392b
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.openldap.orghttps://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/tags/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_57
- bugs.openldap.orghttps://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9423
- git.openldap.orghttps://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/8c1d96ee36ed98b32cd0e28b7069c7b8ea09d793
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210203 [SECURITY] [DLA 2544-1] openldap security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00005.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4845https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4845
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0002/
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212529
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212531
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212530
- seclists.org20210526 APPLE-SA-2021-05-25-2 macOS Big Sur 11.4http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/70
- seclists.org20210526 APPLE-SA-2021-05-25-4 Security Update 2021-003 Catalinahttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/64
- seclists.org20210526 APPLE-SA-2021-05-25-3 Security Update 2021-004 Mojavehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/65
- lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.57-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.57+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.57+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openldap Fixed in 2.4.57+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-2ubuntu3.12
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-1ubuntu1.9
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-2ubuntu1.6
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+esm8Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: 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.