CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0453

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The LDAP component in Fedora Directory Server 1.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack via a crafted BER sequence that causes a free of uninitialized memory, leading to a server crash. The issue was demonstrated using the ProtoVer LDAP test suite.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely crash the directory server, disrupting authentication and resource access services within the organization.

Recommendation

Immediately update Fedora Directory Server to a patched version or apply the available security fixes.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The LDAP component in Fedora Directory Server 1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain "bad BER sequence" that results in a free of uninitialized memory, as demonstrated using the ProtoVer LDAP test suite.

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