CVE-2007-6698 Use after free in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash the OpenLDAP server via a double free vulnerability in the BDB backend during a modify operation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-6698?
CVE-2007-6698 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Openldap Openldap, published on 1 Feb 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The BDB backend for slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.3.36 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a potentially-successful modify operation with the NOOP control set to critical, possibly due to a double free vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6698?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openldap Openldap.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6698?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2007-6698 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openldap Openldap
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9xcf-r85j-w8gv.