CVE-2003-1201 Null dereference in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in OpenLDAP by triggering a segmentation fault via an uninitialized pointer free in the passwd backend.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-1201?
CVE-2003-1201 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openldap Openldap, published on 10 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ldbm_back_exop_passwd in the back-ldbm backend in passwd.c for OpenLDAP 2.1.12 and earlier, when the slap_passwd_parse function does not return LDAP_SUCCESS, attempts to free an uninitialized pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault).
Weakness: CWE-824
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1201?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openldap Openldap.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1201?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1201 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2003-1201 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1201 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openldap Openldap
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4q24-rv9c-m9wm.