High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5779
CVE-2006-5779
Description
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.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
23- gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gznvdBroken LinkExploit
- gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtmlnvdBroken LinkExploit
- securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20BugsnvdExploitIssue Tracking
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939nvdBroken LinkExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- secunia.com/advisories/22750nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22953nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22996nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23125nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23133nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23152nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23170nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450728/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30076nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1831nvdBroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.033-openldap.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/nvdBroken Link
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820nvdBroken Link
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