CVE-2005-2377 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering a SIGPIPE signal in nss_ldap when the LDAP server becomes unavailable.
- 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-2005-2377?
CVE-2005-2377 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, published on 26 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
nss_ldap 181 to versions before 213, as used in Mandrake Corporate Server and Mandrake 10.0, and other operating systems, does not properly handle a SIGPIPE signal when sending a search request to an LDAP directory server, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crond and other application crash) if they can cause an LDAP server to become unavailable. NOTE: it is not clear whether this attack scenario is sufficient to include this item in CVE.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2377?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2377?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2377 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-2377 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2377 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6w2h-qpg9-mppj.