CVE-2015-1545

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    CVE-2015-1545

    Published: 12 Feb 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The deref_parseCtrl function in servers/slapd/overlays/deref.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.13 through 2.4.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an empty attribute list in a deref control in a search request.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/62787, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3209, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:073, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:074, http://www.openldap.org/its/?findid=8027, http://www.openldap.org/its/?findid=8027, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00069.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26, http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c32e74763f77675b9e144126e375977ed6dc562c, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/3, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72519, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032399, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776988, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100937, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23, https://support.apple.com/HT204659, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788

    Affected packages

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    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
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