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FKIE_CVE-2006-5779

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-07 18:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:31
Summary
OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gzBroken Link, Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtmlBroken Link, Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22750Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22953Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22996Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23125Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23133Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23152Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23170Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/1831Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017166Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:208Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740Exploit, Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.033-openldap.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450728/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30076Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gzBroken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtmlBroken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22750Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22953Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22996Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23125Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23133Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23152Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23170Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1831Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017166Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:208Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.033-openldap.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450728/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30076Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820Broken Link
Impacted products

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:31:51.587",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "comment": "Not Vulnerable.  The OpenLDAP versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and earlier do not contain the vulnerable code in question.  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.",
      "lastModified": "2007-03-14T00:00:00",
      "organization": "Red Hat"
    }
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-617"
        }
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}



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