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    CVE-2006-5779

    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.

    Published:Nov 7, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 7, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.43371
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Openldap
    Product
    Openldap

    Exploits

    http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gzhttp://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtmlhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017166http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gzhttp://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtmlhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017166http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-617 Reachable Assertion

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz
    http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22750
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22953
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22996
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23125
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23133
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23152
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23170
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1831
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017166
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:208
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.html
    http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.033-openldap.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450728/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30076
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820
    http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz
    http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22750
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22953
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22996
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23125
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23133
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23152
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23170
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1831
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017166
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:208
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.html
    http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.033-openldap.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450728/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30076
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High