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CVE-2015-1545
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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 11.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.1% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- 72519 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c32e74763f77675b9e144126e375977ed6dc562c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openldap-cve20151545-dos(100937) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776988 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1325 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1032399 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.openldap.org/its/?findid=8027 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62787 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150207 Re: CVE request: two OpenLDAP DoS issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-1679 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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