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OpenLDAP < 2.4.50 DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 27 Oct 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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OpenLDAP < 2.4.50 DoS Vulnerability. Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in OpenLDAP prior to version 2.4.50 due to LDAP search filters with nested boolean expressions causing daemon crash

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CPE = "cpe:/a:openldap:openldap";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146994");
  script_version("2021-10-27T14:04:00+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-10-27 14:04:00 +0000 (Wed, 27 Oct 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-10-27 09:38:04 +0000 (Wed, 27 Oct 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-10-20 22:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 20 Oct 2020)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-12243");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("OpenLDAP < 2.4.50 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_openldap_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("openldap/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"OpenLDAP is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"In filter.c in slapd, LDAP search filters with nested boolean
  expressions can result in denial of service (daemon crash).");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"OpenLDAP prior to version 2.4.50.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.4.50 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9202");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "2.4.50")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.4.50", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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27 Oct 2021 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
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EPSS0.04423
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