CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0045

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

OpenLDAP versions from 2.0 to 2.0.19 allow local and anonymous users (before 2.0.8) to perform a 'replace' action on access controls without values, leading to the deletion of non-mandatory attributes that should be protected by ACLs.

Risk Assessment

The organization may lose important data as non-mandatory attributes can be deleted, violating security and data integrity policies.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade OpenLDAP to version 2.0.20 or later to mitigate this vulnerability and review and adjust ACL settings.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

slapd in OpenLDAP 2.0 through 2.0.19 allows local users, and anonymous users before 2.0.8, to conduct a "replace" action on access controls without any values, which causes OpenLDAP to delete non-mandatory attributes that would otherwise be protected by ACLs.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS