CVE-2010-0212 Null dereference in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the OpenLDAP server by sending a modrdn request with a zero-length RDN, causing a null pointer dereference.
- 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-2010-0212?
CVE-2010-0212 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openldap Openldap, published on 27 Jul 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenLDAP 2.4.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a modrdn call with a zero-length RDN destination string, which is not properly handled by the smr_normalize function and triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the IA5StringNormalize function in schema_init.c, as demonstrated using the Codenomicon LDAPv3 test suite.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0212?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openldap Openldap.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0212?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2010-0212 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0212 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openldap Openldap
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0212, GHSA-w879-m4wh-92f9.