CVE-2020-25692

openldap: NULL pointer dereference for unauthenticated packet in slapd

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A NULL pointer dereference was found in OpenLDAP server and was fixed in openldap 2.4.55, during a request for renaming RDNs. An unauthenticated attacker could remotely crash the slapd process by sending a specially crafted request, causing a Denial of Service.

Se encontró una desreferencia de puntero NULL en el servidor OpenLDAP y se corrigió en openldap versión 2.4.55, durante una petición para cambiar el nombre de los RDN. Un atacante no autenticado podría bloquear remotamente el proceso slapd al enviar una petición especialmente diseñada, causando una Denegación de Servicio

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the OpenLDAP server, during a request for renaming RDNs. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash the slapd process by sending a specially crafted request, causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-09-16 CVE Reserved
2020-11-09 CVE Published
2023-11-26 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210108-0006	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894567	2021-04-27

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25692	2021-04-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller"	-	-	Safe
Openldap Search vendor "Openldap"		Openldap Search vendor "Openldap" for product "Openldap"				< 2.4.55 Search vendor "Openldap" for product "Openldap" and version " < 2.4.55"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Cloud Backup Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Cloud Backup"				-		-		Affected