CVE-2008-0658 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash the OpenLDAP daemon via a specific modrdn operation, causing denial of service.
- 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-2008-0658?
CVE-2008-0658 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openldap Openldap, published on 13 Feb 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
slapd/back-bdb/modrdn.c in the BDB backend for slapd in OpenLDAP 2.3.39 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a modrdn operation with a NOOP (LDAP_X_NO_OPERATION) control, a related issue to CVE-2007-6698.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0658?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openldap Openldap.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0658?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2008-0658 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0658 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openldap Openldap
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8qj7-7p8r-jhqj.