CVE DATABASE / CVE-2006-5779
CVE-2006-5779
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
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.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Openldap openldapCanonical ubuntu linux
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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
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-23. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.