CVE - CVE-2011-4079

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-4079	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Off-by-one error in the UTF8StringNormalize function in OpenLDAP 2.4.26 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) via a zero-length string that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated using an empty postalAddressAttribute value in an LDIF entry.
References
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MISC:46599 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46599 MISC:50384 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50384 MISC:GLSA-201406-36 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-36.xml MISC:USN-1266-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1266-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20111026 CVE Request: openldap2 UTF8StringNormalize() can cause a (one-byte) buffer overflow URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20111026 Re: CVE Request: openldap2 UTF8StringNormalize() can cause a (one-byte) buffer overflow URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/26/9 MISC:http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=507238713b71208ec4f262f312cb495a302df9e9 URL:http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=507238713b71208ec4f262f312cb495a302df9e9 MISC:http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=7059%3Bselectid=7059 URL:http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=7059%3Bselectid=7059 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749324 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749324 MISC:openldap-utf8stringnormalize-dos(70991) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70991
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20111018	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20111018)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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