Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0211
CVE-2010-0211
Description
The slap_modrdn2mods function in modrdn.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.22 does not check the return value of a call to the smr_normalize function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a modrdn call with an RDN string containing invalid UTF-8 sequences, which triggers a free of an invalid, uninitialized pointer in the slap_mods_free function, as demonstrated using the Codenomicon LDAPv3 test suite.
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References
19- www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20BugsnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/41770nvdBroken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/indexnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/40639nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/40677nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/40687nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-36.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1849nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1858nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing List
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing List
- secunia.com/advisories/42787nvdBroken Link
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4435nvdIssue Tracking
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0542.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0543.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025nvdBroken Link
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